[Triumph]

Uh... if you look at all the boards, all of em are like "last post by triumph" so yeah its quite crazy.

And you cant really say that Bush is based off of Jeffersonian stuff... because throughout American history there have been many times where both of the major parties (dem/repub) have reinvented themselves a few times, changed themselves, etc. And actually the way you define Jefferson was that he was a "strict constructionalist" which meant he tried to follow the Constitution as closely as possible... but he was a bad one because he bought the Louisiana Purchase (probably a good idea haha).

Yes, but like I said, that'll never happen again.

And the major parties today are loosely based off of the old stuff. And yes, Jefferson was strictly Constitutional--his opponents forced him to accept loose interpretation in consequence for the Louisiana Purchase.