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The Polarisation Episode

The Last Best Hope?

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The Party of Thomas Jefferson, the Party of the Rights of Man

The parties do not mainline the great conflicts of American history into party politics. The same two parties look at the rebellion in Haiti and see very different things. If your battle is about race, it's the enlightened Republicans against the white supremacy Democrats. And if the battle is about immigration, just the reverse.

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