re: #65 dog philosopher

not really

the whigs were an ill assorted group who were only really unified by being against andrew jackson and his heirs

the corporatist agenda of the republican party has two planets worth of cash behind it and might burst out of its wingnut host and try to impregnate itself into a more viable organism

i.e., the Democratic party. That little project is going very well for the masters of the universe. I don’t forget that things like repeal of Glass-Stegall and NAFTA happened under Clinton’s watch.