Political elite

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The way of understanding politics among the political elite is inherently at odds with the oath that every public official swears, since that oath commits one, as a matter of principle, to preserve, protect and defend the form of government established by the Constitution of the United States. 
The first concern of our elected officials ought to be to do nothing that weakens that form of government and to seek by all means to preserve and strengthen it. For decades, the political elite have adopted or accepted fundamental policies that contradict or systematically undermine the Constituion's framework.
The resource base of the Political elite's political power at the federal level depends on such a policy.
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* Position from Mark Rauterkus on the political elite