To some critics, the corps' ritualistic sense of brotherhood and sisterhood is a bit much, breeding, they say, a sense of elitism and perhaps even alienation from the rest of society.
But last week, the corps was back with a new analysis, and now it says the plan makes economic sense.
He didn't commit a fatal gaffe, parried gamely with the press corps, kept his sense of humor, seemed moderately comfortable shaking hands.
Local officials have been questioning the Corps' sense of urgency and whether it will make its 2011 deadline.
But the candidate attracted a large press corps as reporters sensed the race with Mr. Romney might be tightening.
Only four of England's starting pack were actually born in England but, under Eddie Jones, there is a shared esprit de corps and clear-eyed sense of purpose that their next two opponents, Argentina and Australia, will do well to withstand.
If the agency did intend to acquire money, the Corps seemed to have no sense of urgency and planned to get to it in another year or two.
While still holding BP accountable, the president could set up a millennial corps of workers, calling on their sense of service, their desire for change, their youthful belief in restoration.
The hoopla surrounding Mr. Clinton's appearance seemed to reflect a sense in the press corps here that Los Angeles might generate more interesting and entertaining tidbits than did Philadelphia.
