The Nation: The Quiet Revolutionaries

Jimmy Carter's palace guard is now official: it is mainly Georgian, mainly young and mainly unfamiliar with Washington. When the names were announced, some old hands in the nation's capital wondered—as is customary with every changeover to a new Administration—if the new White House staff really had the talent and the experience to live up to the job. Certainly the transition has not been smooth, despite Carter's avowals that it would be the best-planned in history. But the incoming President's men are bright, dedicated and diligent, and even their critics must admit that they have already pulled off one startling surprise:...