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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (174143)	8/20/2003 12:59:16 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575877

Ted, based on your young age, sometimes it would be better if you just sit back "learn" from people here who actually lived through these times you claim to be an expert about. Some things and people never change...........at your advanced age, it must be difficult to keep up. So sorry! *************************************************** aei.org The story begins half a century ago. At the time, the Democratic Party was composed of both liberals and "Dixiecrats," a group of southern Democrats who fairly regularly voted against their party majority. Around 40 percent (or approximately 105) of the Democrats in the House were southerners, of which about 60 percent (or about sixty to sixty-five members) were Dixiecrats. The Republican Party had only a tiny toehold in the South: Fewer than ten southern House seats were reliably Republican. But the conservative coalition--consisting of roughly 60 percent Republicans and 40 percent Democrats for most of the time between 1940 and 1960--actually mobilized a majority in the House on a fair number of votes, and when they did, they frequently won. Not all liberal Democrats enjoyed being out-organized and outgunned by the conservative coalition. They began to meet and put together an informal association called the Democratic Study Group that would help them think through legislative priorities, could supply them with background material on legislation when the committees were controlled by Dixiecrats, and could even act as an informal whip system. With the advent of air conditioning, traditionally northern industries moved south. Northerners followed, bringing their traditionally Republican voting habits with them. As more Republicans moved south, the Dixiecrats, who shared a number of their views, left the Democratic Party to join the Republican Party. The GOP quickly gained power in the South, but by attracting the Dixiecrats it also left its opposition party with a more homogenous membership.