"There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution."-- John Adams, Letter to Jonathan Jackson (2 October 1780), "The Works of John Adams", vol 9, p.511
Amen EV! George Washington, in his farewell address also discussed at length the problems of aligning oneself with political party’s. All his predictions have come true. It is where we are stuck. The good news is that some constitutional conservatives have made the choice to exercise their voting rights by not supporting the major two political party’s; Demicans and Republiocrats! I won’t live to see the party system changed, but I don’t have to play by their rules any longer.