[freedumb2003]

The Establishment wants control of both parties. So long as they do, they don’t really care which one wins.

Don't you mean the Military Industrial Complex? The Establishment is, like, so Herbert.

[RobbyS]

I am thinking of the eastern Establishment that has dominated the country since the Civil War. In 1870, the State of New York alone had more wealth than the whole former Confederacy.