[Mr. Blonde]

Being that Madison came up with the 9th amendment I think it is easy to say how he feels about individual rights.

When it come to the various Depts. of the government it is harder to say because in his time we didn't have the infrastructure for those things to even be feasible really.

I would have a hard time believing anyone who helped create the system of government that helped a country become the foremost superpower in the world in less than 200 years could feel anything but pride about that country.

[neb52]

I always felt Madison was the "Man Behind the Scene" before and during Jefferson's tenure. He seemed to be that nerd slogging away making everything work, while everybody else took it for granted. He wasn't the charming, handsome and courageous soldier type like Washington, Hamilton or Burr. It's often said that Burr was Madison's alter ego. Both became good friends during the Revolution War. Burr even supposedly match Dolly and James during the war, but always secretly coveted Dolly.