This pretty much sums up the last 70 years of domestic policy.

[Drunken Irishman]

[Bobbie Jo]

1. K&R

Stealin' that too. :)

[Top Cat]

2. K&R

[cui bono]

3. Civil Rights? eom

[Drunken Irishman]

4. Well Republicans actually did support that.

A blind squirrel... :P

[cui bono]

5. Oh. Why am I thinking they didn't?

Didn't the racist Dems all go Republican after that?

Man I need a refresher course...

[Drunken Irishman]

6. Yes. Pretty much.

Some lingered (Byrd), but most bolted for the Republican Party after that.

Then all those moderate Republicans who voted for it slowly died out. Now those seats are strongly Democratic.

[tishaLA]

7. Civil Rights was more of a North/South divide than it was partisan

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[Drunken Irishman]

8. Yup.

Politics was far more different back then than it is today. The north was a mix of social liberal Republicans & Democrats. The south was mostly conservative Democrats (a few Republicans, not much).

Then Civil Rights came about and the south turned Republican in a night.

Those Republicans in the north slowly faded away throughout the 70s and 80s. Now they're pretty much gone.

[Kind of Blue]

9. A little further back 19th Amendment, 1919- under Wilson.

Child Labor Law - Roosevelt, 1938 shortly after Social Security
For all it's flaws this is indeed a great party.
KnR