Big business and the GOP
ILLUSTRATED: The Democrats are making inroads to the longest political alliance in history.
As I see American political history, parties have shifted over time. Things like federal power vs state sovereignty, isolationism vs interventionism, North vs South etc. However, the one constant has been that going back to Hamilton and the Federalists, the Republicans have always had the support of big business/finance. (Note big not small).
But today, the fact that more Democrats voted for the Finance Rescue than Republicans, I see the GOP becoming a modern day Know Nothing Party. It will become as David Brooks says a Sams Club party. Largely middle and working class whites, who feel little connection to the financial system.
As I see American political history, parties have shifted over time. Things like federal power vs state sovereignty, isolationism vs interventionism, North vs South etc. However, the one constant has been that going back to Hamilton and the Federalists, the Republicans have always had the support of big business/finance. (Note big not small).
But today, the fact that more Democrats voted for the Finance Rescue than Republicans, I see the GOP becoming a modern day Know Nothing Party. It will become as David Brooks says a Sams Club party. Largely middle and working class whites, who feel little connection to the financial system.
posted by Teka Thomas at 5:05 AM
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