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Good points, BSB. The Democratic party shouldn't be totally absolved of blame during this era. And, how said is it for them they couldn't find anybody in their party to defeat the "Worst President in History"

Back to Buchanan, for a second. One irony is that he is seen as one of the worst because he held too tightly to what was allowed in the Constitution and allowed the states to secede. Meanwhile, Bush is criticized for playing too loose with the Constitution.