http://tommyacaldwell.com/blog/2009/09/19/what-the-democrats-must-do-to-win-in-the-south/ Welcome to the summer. Please leave your brain in your shoe. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:16:28 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://tommyacaldwell.com/blog/2009/09/19/what-the-democrats-must-do-to-win-in-the-south/comment-page-1/#comment-6783 Uncle S Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:52:44 +0000 http://tommyacaldwell.com/blog/?p=139#comment-6783 That "always" dates back to the 1960's, when Republicans decided to use race as an issue to win over white voters. You'll find many older Republicans who were once democrats but switched sometime between the early 60's and the early 70's. Before that to,e, white southern racists found their home in the Democratic party. After that time, they found their home in the Republican party. It was a nasty, cynical political ploy, and it worked. That “always” dates back to the 1960’s, when Republicans decided to use race as an issue to win over white voters. You’ll find many older Republicans who were once democrats but switched sometime between the early 60’s and the early 70’s. Before that to,e, white southern racists found their home in the Democratic party. After that time, they found their home in the Republican party. It was a nasty, cynical political ploy, and it worked.

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