Defining genocide down

I first read this article and thought "this is the last gasp of the K Street machine." Then I thought: wait a minute, the Democrats are in power now. The K Street machine should already be pushing up daisies. Where's the awesome lack of corruption that Jonathan Chait promised me?

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2007/10/defining-genocide-down/2123/