LBJ, after signing the '64 Civil Rights Act, ""There goes the Democratic South..."
Humphrey, in '48 at the Democratic Party Convention, introducing a Civil Rights plank, that led to Strom Thurmondites walking out? (Yes, I know all about the MFDP and the '64 Convention in Atlantic City. Ain't gonna defend, Humphrey, Mondale, Rauh et. al. there!)
March 22, 2001 - The Education Of John McCain ... public interest above his party's short-term interests. "There goes the Democratic South," he lamented as he signed the bill. To continue to hope that today's ... http://www.ariannaonline.com/columns/files/032201.htm
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/race/race.htm http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/race/edsall.htm "Race," (May 1991) When Americans talk about government spending, about welfare, about crime, about unemployment, or about values, they are to some degree also talking about race. Race is the subtext of American politics. By Thomas Byrne Edsall with Mary D. Edsall. Michael Pugliese