> politics, existed just as much in 1988 as in 1998 The nature of politics is to change over time. This is like saying politics existed just as much in 1999 as

> politics, existed just as much in 1988 as in 1998 The nature of politics is to change over time. This is like saying politics existed just as much in 1999 as 2009, so the Tea Party must have existed back then. Politics has it's fashionable fads. Hell, in 1988, MAD was a primary national policy for the US. In 1998, "what's MAD?" seemed to be more the norm.