I did, indeed; thank you.  However, the excerpt I appended above from Wikipedia is not really what I was looking for critical comments on--though yours may be quite correct.

  What I'm hoping you'll pick apart is my portion of the diary above.  The Wiki note on the Dems and Republicans is really only there for some very basic background.  

  Any comment on my portion of the diary?

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