[nonliberal]

I thought Chernow had a good assessment of him in his book on Hamilton. Chernow argued that Burr's genius was in finding endless ways to profit from the political wrangling in his state.

That being said, Burr created the first real campaign organizations. He was a master of GOTV activities.

[LS]

Yes. too bad such shrewdness, a la Bill Clinton, couldn’t be put to better use.