At the Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University, I spent the<\/p>\n
day with a large group of young elected officials<\/b>: city councilors<\/p>\n
and state legislators from all over the USA who are under the age of 35.<\/p>\n
(A few young U.S. Representatives were due to appear after I left.) The<\/p>\n
morning session was essentially a set of focus groups, one of which I<\/p>\n
was fortunate to be able to observe. I was especially struck by the degree<\/p>\n
of guilt that these young people feel. They are torn among family, paying<\/p>\n
jobs, civic obligations such as nonprofit boards, constituent service,<\/p>\n
and legislative work. "Guilt" was a word that they used frequently<\/p>\n
and passionately. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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