Throughout history, political trends seem to repeat themselves, especially when it comes to political parties. George Washington warned against them, yet they still developed within the country. A common political trend in the U.S. is a concept known as divided government, in which one party controls the White House and the other controls Congress. It happens almost every election, and is occurring now, with Obama, a democrat, in office, and the majority party in Congress, the Republicans. Along those same lines, a previous trend is reoccurring. “Radical Republicans” are starting to pop up again within Congress, similar to what occurred in the 1960s. Since history repeats itself, as it usually does, what occurred then is likely to occur now.
