Jim, sanitizing lost glory, blaming have-nots for dysfunctional government and an economy imploding from weak regulations and greed, is a stretch to me. The prosperity of the United States grew on slavery, the blacks.

It will be interesting what citizens of colour make of our countries as whites become minorities within the lives of members here. Canada is muddling through a big multicultural experiment. God knows how it will turn out.

I expect the GOP will surprise all of us with its choices, its accommodation with the demographic realities. It won't look anything like the last time. The country clearing the colour barrier should make the rest easy.