If power does not corrupt, it certainly ages. The bright young things in the Obama administration will never look as good as they do now. Remember when Clinton's minions were just as fresh-faced?

The historical precedent hasn't escaped profilers of modern celebrity. A gallery in the New York Times Magazine of 52 incoming Obama staffers echoes Vanity Fair's 1993 Annie Liebowitz photo layout of the Little Rock oddballs, Democratic upstarts, and Washington insiders who surrounded Bill Clinton. Note the parallels:

Charlie Ledley, the 18-year-old intern who ran Clinton's hotel operation during the Democratic National Convention, 1993

Eugene Kang, a 24-year-old special assistant to Obama, 2009

Patti Solis, Hillary Clinton's 27-year-old scheduler, 1993

Jackie Norris, Michelle Obama's 38-year-old chief of staff, 2009

George Stephanopoulos, 31-year-old White house communications director, 1993

Jon Favreau, Obama's 27-year-old speechwriter, 2009

Rahm Emanuel, Clinton's 33-year-old campaign-finance director, 1993

Rahm Emanuel, Obama's 49-year-old White House chief of staff, 2009

(Photos by Annie Liebowitz/Vanity Fair and Nadav Kander/New York Times)