Here's a link that appeared on LarryNiven-L, and I thought it was pretty interesting. It gives a little history of how US political parties have gained and lost stature, split up, formed different coalitions, took each other's names, etc.
Origin of the Species Up from the ooze, into the mud -- a brief history of American political evolution By David Von Drehle
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