"Iowa Caucus Deals Death Blow To The Establishment"

The results of the Iowa caucus seem to me to be the death rattle for the establishment. I outlined what I meant by "the establishment" back in August of 2014.

What were the establishment priorities that moved inexorably forward in both Republican and Democratic administrations? The first was a robust and aggressive foreign policy. As Stephen Kinzer wrote about those in power during the 1950s, "Exceptionalism  --  the view that the United States has a right to impose its will because it knows more, sees farther, and lives on a higher moral plane than other nations  --  was to them not a platitude, but the organizing principle of daily life and global politics."

The second principle of the establishment was that "what is good for Wall Street is good for America." Despite Democrats' efforts to paint the GOP as the party of Wall Street, one would only have to look at the track record of Clinton's treasury secretaries Rubin and Summers (specifically, their zealous efforts to kill the Glass-Steagal Act and deregulate the big banks and the commodities markets) to see that both major parties are guilty of sucking up to money; apparently, the establishment rules no matter who is in power.

Original Quill wrote:"Establishment" is a transitory concept.  Whomever succeeds in effecting change, will become "establishment" the next time around.