JFK would disagree http://www.ushistory.org/documents/ask-not.htm
vs
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-n...228-story.html
one was about unifying as a country to progress as a whole, as in becoming as one as a group towards goals which would bring every member up along with it
now is way more about helping the individual as an individual at the expense of the group
both groups have spread away from the center, I wouldn't say Repubs have moved as far, but they have moved as well