NP> JP>Well, the first thing to keep in mind is that political parties
NP> are JP>not mentioned in the Constitution at all.  The Founding
NP> Fathers JP>didn't like partisan political parties and had the rather
NP> naive hope JP>that none would develop here.
NP> I don't buy that.  There were political parties at the time of
NP> formation of the Constitution.  Namely the federalists and the
NP> anti-federalists. The founding fathers were members of those
NP> parties, and others, namely Jefferson, founded other political
NP> parties.
Read the section in the Constitution about the selection of President 
and VP. It's *nothing* like what happens today. They made no provision 
for political parties.
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