Feb. 14: Mitt Romney and his wife Ann attend the short program figure skating pairs competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. By Paul Goldman and Mark J. Rozell Despite the “log cabin, humble beginnings" myth of popular American folklore, the politics of the presidency have revolved around just eleven families since the 1888 presidential election.  Since then the immediate members or relatives of the Harrison, Stevenson, Bryan, Roosevelt, Wilson, Taft, Eisenhower/Nixon, Kennedy, Dole, Bush, and Clinton families have achieved an unprecedented dominance among those countries around the world that claim to lack a "royal" class. A member of one of these families won the White House in 1888, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004. That's simpy an astounding 60% victory rate. When not winning the White House, these families settled for the vice presidency in 1892, 1900, 1980, and 1984. Let's do the...

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