John McCain is hoping that after two decades of elections dominated by aristocrats -- the first election in 28 years without a Bush or a Clinton on either ticket -- America is ready for a shake-up, but the establishment doesn't think an outsider could ever handle it -- and shouldn't be given the chance to try.

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But the choices won't appease those who wanted an outsider to vet Pfizer's track record.

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Always the outsider, Son didn't have much of a Silicon Valley Rolodex in 1995.

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