John Adams -1, Thomas Jefferson - 0

Commentary By Ron Beasley

Nate Silver has an interesting post up: Will The Base Abandon Hope?

...if the base doesn't believe that you can actually push the country in their direction, they become less likely to donate to you, work for you, and vote for you, and that in turn makes such successes harder to achieve. I don't know if the Democrats have any good moves right now, but watching the base give up hope isn't one of them.

After the Supreme Court decision today I doubt that it really makes that much difference.  The Oligarchs will now have unlimited power to influence elections.  Yes we are one step closer - almost there - to Fascism in the United States.  The Oligarchs of the multinational corporations are now firmly in control.  While corporations will still not be able to contribute directly to candidates the will be able to threaten those who don't vote the way they like with unlimited attack ads.  The few lawmakers who are not already owned by corporate America will soon be gone and none will dare cross their corporate masters.  Main Street became even less powerful and now and Wall Street holds all the cards.  John Adams was the winner today - he thought that the country should be run by an elite few. Thomas Jefferson was the loser - he thought the country should be run by all.