[Jacob Kell]

See post #4 above.

[Verginius Rufus]

I had read the whole article before my earlier post--the author may be disagreeing with some other people over Obama's chances of winning, but he personally seems to subscribe to a very negative view of America. I don't know what event in 1856 he had in mind--the Dred Scott decision was handed down in 1857, but it was a major step in the opposite direction, as was the Plessy v. Ferguson decision in 1896. Perhaps he meant 1896 but was confused about what that decision did.