In the Federation, a politician's bloodline mattered!
Many people in the Federation believed that a politician did not need an illustrious background, but that idea had been wrong from the very beginning.
It was true that many presidents in the Federation's history had come from common backgrounds.
But that was limited to the presidency.
In Congress, among the Three Major Parties, and especially among the upper ranks of the Progressive Party and Conservative Party committees, were there really people from humble backgrounds with no connections?
Obviously not! Why was it impossible for the House of Representatives to produce a president?
Because only those who lacked status and connections would be thrown into the House of Representatives. Naturally, it was impossible for a president to emerge from among them.
Governors and senators, on the other hand, were more likely to become presidents, because they had been different from everyone else from the moment they were born! What made them different was not their physical characteristics, but their status, background, and families! The "bloodline" Truman spoke of was the bloodline of his political career! He came from the military, and his relationship with the Progressive Party was rather subtle. Some members of the Progressive Party even refused to acknowledge that Mr. President was a member of the Progressive Party!
Mr. Truman himself understood this very well. He lacked a foundation within the Progressive Party.
His rise to power had actually been the result of cooperation between the Progressive Party and the military. He had merely been pushed forward as the public face at the right moment! That was why, whenever something good happened now, he thought not of those people in the Progressive Party, but of Lin Qi.
At least Lin Qi could be considered one of his own. If Lin Qi's