...unhelpful passions ...
Frankly, I think they are VERY helpful, depending on what you are trying to accomplish.
I wonder how the author reconciles those “unhelpful passions” with the “swelling majorities”?
A third party is needed for 2016. It on;y took 1 day to see what the Wild Turkey Necks (Boner & McIdiot) were going to do. They would make a good dog. Lay down and roll over.