[jacobush]

I wonder if this could backfire. With the "normal" or old guard politicians, this could have been a credible threat. Nobody wanted a scandal. With the new breed, scandals are just life.

[m-p-3]

Even worse, they thrive on scandals.

[jp555]

Chaos is a ladder, unless you're a theorist.

To theorists chaos is destruction (of their precious models). To practitioners chaos is a ladder. Those with real Skin In the Game.

Economist vs. Trader.

[jacobush]

Precious models like “standards” and “semblance of moral code”. :-:

[sixQuarks]

ugh, I think you're right. It's kind of become like "no publicity is bad publicity"