[r00fus]

That's fine in writing software - now try that in an adversarial environment.

With special interests (some of whom may be insiders working to undermine the exact fix that's needed), and you start to get the picture.

To add a bit of spice, address some things like time pressure related to elected administration-specific goals and/or election timeframes.

[jnbiche]

> That's fine in writing software - now try that in an adversarial environment.

Oh, software is not an adversarial environment?

[evgen]

Software development is little league compared to the major league bloodsport of bureaucratic politics played inside the beltway.