--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > If Republican moderates had not let themselves be > > led by the Radicals, > > do you think the party would have had an easier time > > consolidating > > power in Congress? I'm thinking that after Johnson > > was stripped of > > power (leading to the era of strong Speakers of the > > House) that > > Moderates would have had more appeal with white > > Southerners along with > > the Black vote that the Radicals sought. > > We're heading into territory where my knowledge is > limited...my answer would have to be no, though. The > South didn't vote for _any_ Republicans in any > significant numbers until, what, the 1970s and Richard > Nixon? I can't imagine that the Republican moderates > would have been able to develop any presence in the > South among white voters, no matter what the > circumstances, for a very long time.
But is the Republican party of today the same party? I don't think that it is. Neither do I think that the Democratic party is the same party. The platforms, issues, and idiologies seem to me to be vastly different. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
