The Hill News

Anyone working around Washington, D.C., 30 years back will recall the phrase "leadership and excellence." Buzzwords for a new generation of men in yellow power ties. Until Bill and Ted started greeting people, “Be excellent to one another!" The phrase became so tiresome that James A. Baker, Ronald Reagan’s chief of staff, rigged the computers so that they would balk when anyone used the word "excellent." Then overnight it flipped. Women's garments with shoulder pads replaced the yellow ties and when Bill Clinton entered the White House the "leadership and excellence" generation was replaced by the "diversity and globalization” generation. Goodbye to all that and to Al Gore too and Lady Gaga. The storied Fourth Generation has arrived with “The Hunger Games.” We are going to need some new buzzwords. How about "States’ rights and sound money”?

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