I admit that I am a Federalist, but only in the same way that I think that Alexander Hamilton was a Federalist. Hamilton believed in a stronger Federal government than was generally accepted would be allowed or characterized by the Constitution that was under consideration when the Federalist Papers were written.
But we have gone so far beyond what Hamilton thought was necessary for a good union of states, that I am sure now he would easily be considered a strong State’s Rights advocate.
And people back then who were advocates of stricter state’s rights appear in comparison today to be secessionists, in my opinion.
The fact that The Constitution is indeed supposed to be a limit on federal government is the very reason that people like Obama see it as flawed, because it does not address “issues” such as “social justice” which as we all know, is socialism and redistribution of wealth.
I would have some anti-Federalist sympathies if I were back in the old days. I’d be a I believe in a democratic republic, and that’s what my party would likely be. Other than that, my thoughts are in line with yours through your whole post, and I also think that the Federalists had some good points, too.