A few months ago, I sat in on a meeting, listening to the leadership of a well-known nonprofit talk about the Obama election and what it would mean for this particular organization. A considerable amount of time was devoted to talking about “who’s in, and who’s out,” “how we can use so-and-so, now that s/he is part of the administration,” how we “can forget about so-and-so because s/he’s not ‘in’ with the new group,” etc.
