From the link: "Prior to 1968, Americans would almost always (the exceptions proved the rule) entrust the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Presidency to the same party in each election. They would occasionally change the party, but still they would vote for a party to run the government. Not so for the last 50 years."

We can thank our lucky stars! The exceptions (when the President's party also controls Congress) are when we get big new agencies and spending programs.

That's why Trump is a win for us. If he ever did have a plan for a new agency, he wouldn't be able to get it through Congress no matter which party was in control, because he's despised by the Establishment of both.

Excellent summary. I too fear that the "cold" civil war will indeed become a "hot" civil war in the not-so-distant future. Indeed, we've already seen minor incursions in the mob violence which has surrounded the arrests of certain individuals. You can bet that if there is a general economic downturn in the near future (read while a Republican controls the Presidency) that the Democrats will attempt to stoke it into a general revolt and real bloodshed.

AJA i should like to remind you that the countries march towards socialism was observed and written about many years ago by Miss Ayn Rand.
All who write about it today are simply supporting what she said oh so many years ago.

That so-called "living Constitution" IS anything goes.

Always said, we are faced with idiologies 180 degrees opposed. Time tested naturally derived principles or an untimely lack of principles, reversing course back to the dark ages where anything goes...this time without the fear of unseen forces...sounds just like a demonocracy gone wild...were we not warned about that?

Thanks for posting, AJA. +1 ;^)