‘Most dynasties are defined and circumscribed by region,’ goes a 2001 op-ed in the Washington Post. ‘The Roosevelts rode as high and far as the national fortunes of New York State. The Tafts go as far as Ohio takes them. The Browns’ fate is married to that of California. The Kennedys acquire an outlier state or three, but Massachusetts remains their feudal domain.
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