Again, plenty of blame to share. I give the GOP this much though: They had been urging repeal of Glass-Steagall along with the rest of the New Deal for years, so their continued efforts were at least consistent and open. A "Democrat" killing a New Deal law while he claimed JFK and his wife claimed Elanor Roosevelt as inspirations is far less reasonable or excusable. You rightly scorn modern Dems for the wrong reasons; their slogan should be "I am not a liberal, I just play one on TV."

Before you laugh too hard though, remember that is because last generations ideologues, many of whom WERE quite radical, made that an easy way for Reagan and Co. to discredit the whole party. After the pounding Mondale and Dukakis took the pragmatists who believed in nothing but winning took control to gain election victories they quickly mooted. The Tea Party is putting Republicans through the first phase of that now; RINOs are not the past: They are the future.