P.J.O'Rourke has a delightful piece in the Nov 22, 2010
Weekly Standard:
I Think We Lost The Election. He thinks that we (the American public) will have won an election when every political office is filled by someone who really doesn't want to be there. I think he is right. Reminds me of a delightful new word my wife happened across recently: empleomania - manic need to hold public office.