JP>Well, the first thing to keep in mind is that political parties are
JP>not mentioned in the Constitution at all.  The Founding Fathers
JP>didn't like partisan political parties and had the rather naive hope
JP>that none would develop here.
I don't buy that.  There were political parties at the time of formation
of the Constitution.  Namely the federalists and the anti-federalists.
The founding fathers were members of those parties, and others, namely
Jefferson, founded other political parties.
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