“Does America Have a Ruling Class?”

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“Does America Have a Ruling Class?”

Angelo Codevilla

November 5, 2010

With faith in experts and hope that the administrative state will expand indefinitely, America's ruling elite—Republican and Democrat—are at war with America. Standing against this elite is America's "country class," who believe in God and insist upon a return to constitutional principles. What do the 2010 election results tell us about this ongoing battle?

Angelo Codevilla is professor emeritus of international relations at Boston University, senior editor ofThe American Spectator, and a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute. Educated at Rutgers, Notre Dame, and the Claremont Graduate School, Codevilla served in the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Foreign Service, and on the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Currently he is the vice chairman of the U.S. Army War College Board of Visitors. His most recent books include The Ruling Class: How They Corrupted America and What We Can Do About It and Advice to War Presidents: A Remedial Course in Statecraft.