Rick: If it’s the Washington-Adams-Hamilton Federalists versus the Jefferson-Madison D-Rs, please count me as one of the Federalists. Jefferson had a decent first term as president, but his second term was a mess. Madison was a brilliant political theorist but a lousy president. I especially enjoyed reading in Joseph Ellis’s book on Jefferson that the sage of Monticello, late in life, actually edited some of his correspondence because he was so embarrassed by what he had written about the French Revolution. The Federalists were much more realistic and prescient in appraising that disaster of radicalism. But then I’m sure you know all this. I will say in Jefferson’s behalf, however, that he had turned against the French Revolution by the time Napoleon came along. Also, he despised Napoleon–really, truly, deeply hated the guy, which of course was the correct attitude to have. He was tough on Citizen Genet, too–not as tough as Hamilton, but perhaps tough enough.