The party now resembles a protection racket with an army of volunteers, with friends who never suffer and enemies who never relax. - Dick Durbin Edition

Eli,

Last year I ran across this story in Politico: Dick Durbin looking to become retailers’ BFF

So when Ben Domenech, in his The Clinton Machine is Alive, described the Democratic Party as "protection racket with an army of volunteers, with friends who never suffer and enemies who never relax," it rang true.

But, as I said earlier, I think the description is just as apt for the Republicans.

Bill