In 1828, when Andrew Jackson was running for ... Jackson is cast as Balaam astride an ass—the Democratic party—giving it a vicious beating because it refuses to do as he asks.

His 1828 victory thrilled his supporters ... one can detect the same machinations at work in the fractious Democratic Party. After the Cold War ended in 1992, an elite comparable to the Whigs ...

I write this on Day Two of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago. In full disclosure, I am a lifelong Democrat.

The 1828 election was early in the history of ... What could a Whiggish Democratic Party unite around? Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy’s recent suggestion of “power de-concentration” could ...