The End of the Insider Party Network
The pipeline from corporate America and Democratic insider circles into government is being challenged.
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ThenâVice President Joe Biden speaks during a photo opportunity with others including former staffer Ricki Seidman, far left, December 2013, at the White House.
Ricki Seidman is one of those people toiling in the background of American history who inevitably has to be depicted in movies. As an associate to Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), she helped fight the Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas nominations. She prepped Anita Hill for her Senate Judiciary testimony (Grace Gummer played her in the HBO film about the Hill hearings,