Republicans run the machine when it's their turn, and then hand the wheel over to Democrats when the public has had enough.
Thomas FrankPeople getting their fundamental interests wrong is what American political life is all about.
Thomas FrankAs you may recall, Truman was extremely unpopular when he finally left Washington in 1953, thanks largely to the Korean War. Today, however, he is thought to have been a solidly good president, a 'Near Great' even, in the terminology of those surveys of historians they do every now and then.
Thomas Frank