----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Coffey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 8:04 PM Subject: Re: Why fight in the Civil War?
> --- 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. > That is true Jan. But we are talking only of the Civil War era and it relates to our current scene only in regards to how things have changed. xponent Plus Ca Change Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
