Does+Power+Corrupt?

Whom do we select as leaders? Does power corrupt and absolute power corrupt absolutely? Was Machiavelli correct?

The following article from the Wall Street Journal examines the psychology of power.

** The Power Trip ** ** by JONAH LEHRER ** **// Contrary to the Machiavellian cliché, nice people are more likely to rise to power. Then something strange happens: Authority atrophies the very talents that got them there. //**