> To be fair, the current Republican Party bears almost no resemblance to the "classic" Republican Party of....10 years ago. In other aspects, perhaps. But the

> To be fair, the current Republican Party bears almost no resemblance to the "classic" Republican Party of....10 years ago. In other aspects, perhaps. But the "small government" or "pro-economy" branding of the Republican Party has been an absurdity for more like 75 years. Democratic administrations have performed better on virtually any conceivable economic metric with very few minor exceptions.