Booze and the ballot box

Frank Sinatra, a popular singer across several decades, once emphatically crooned: “Love and marriage … Love and marriage … Go together like a horse and carriage …”

Perhaps that’s true. But at the risk of making a strained analogy, consider that — across several centuries — booze and the American political process, if not exactly a matrimonial match made in heaven, certainly qualify as unwavering sweethearts (especially if one throws out the Prohibition years).