To ujm, re your comment, posted 10/18, 2:22 pm: Your first paragraph refers to “everything the Republicans did for him [Powell]”. Evidently, you think Powell gave Republicans nothing in return. I think he gave them plenty.
Your second paragraph begins, “Obviously evidence will, by definition, not be left visible ….”
If evidence is not visible, how do we have evidence of anything. And you refer to a “careful analysis,” but you offer only conclusion with no analysis. You don’t name a single “more qualified” person to fill the positions he did. And, whether you know it or not, you state that Republicans appoint unqualified people to important positions. Is that the party you support?