Obama Loves Elites, Talks About Ordinary "Folks"

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Looking at his administration, however, you would never know he believes that. Yes, as the president pointed out, both he and House Speaker John Boehner come from modest backgrounds. But as a graduate of Harvard Law School, Obama has shown himself more of that stripe, stuffing his administration with like-minded denizens of the Ivy League.
George W. Bush attended Yale University and Harvard Business School, and his vice president, Dick Cheney went to Yale as well (and, yeah, he flunked out), but they carried chips on their shoulders about it the rest of their lives. Both felt like outsiders among the Eastern elite. Obama instead has embraced that culture like few presidents before him.
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more Obama administration officials secured advanced degrees from Oxford—you know, in England—than from any American public school. And more than 60 either attended Harvard as an undergrad or a grad student.
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The survey also found than an overwhelming majority of administration officials hailed from the Northeast, with the West and South severely underrepresented.

And how much does Obama love credentials?

http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/obama-s-love-of-elites-20140129

Obama's Love of Elites
The president struck a populist note in his speech, but it's hard to tell he believes it when you look at his administration.
By James Oliphant
January 29, 2014