Look Outside D.C. for Grown Up Government
Rich Lowry, New York Post
If you could boil down the public's lament about Washington, it might be: "What happened to the adults?" Not adults of the Clark Clifford variety, the Washington fixtures who alternate between serving administrations and commenting on them sagely for PBS. But political leaders who make tough choices, take on problems directly, and combine principle with pragmatism in a manner consistent with true statesmanship.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/08/03/what_happened_to_the_adults_106590.html