The Southern Strategy Comes of Age

At the heart of the Rovian calculus was America’s Southland, which he saw as the ideological and political base of the reshaped Republican Party of the age of Bush. But the very success of this strategy has been the party’s unmaking. It has also marked a complete betrayal of the founding values of the party of Lincoln and Frémont—an act of ultimate political cynicism. Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Nov. 5, 2008

A good history of the Republican's electoral strategy, and an analysis of where it has left them. Horton is a liberal, and the lack of balance takes away from what is otherwise a great read.

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