Humans with Power

Hi Humans,
Some of the strangest humans are people in powerful political positions. For example, take the governor of New Jersey. He (or at least the people working immediately under him) actually closed down a bridge leading to a city to take vengeance on the mayor of that city for disobedience to his wishes. This was not only arrogant and mean but stupid as well. Where were those big human brains?
Now just today the news broke about the former governor of Virginia and his wife taking expensive bribes from the CEO of some corporation who needed favors from the state.
Then there have been numerous examples of politicians engaging in all kinds of extra-marital sexual affairs, and often from the very same politicians who pretend to represent the most conservative mores and hypocritically castigate people who stray from the narrow path.
Now, not all politicians are such loose cannons, but what makes the ones who act out do so? Perhaps power blinds those people to the reality of their limitations. They are so enclosed in their own political circle that they don't realize they are under the spotlight.
Oh well, I am not a psychologist. I'm just a dog.
Chloe