THE JUDGE IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT. Megan McArdle comments on the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court.

I do think that David Brooks is onto something when he notes that her relentless careerism, her pitch-perfect blandness, are a little creepy.

I’m inclined to agree with McArdle in the sense that for Kagan, there’s no ‘there’ there - no core values, no convictions, no opinions, no passion; nothing except self-advancement .Do we really want people in power whose only reason for being in power is self-aggrandizement (cf. Charlie Crist)?

The reference to David Brooks (Organization Kids) is here.