tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154018142347291963.post5002141562139683527..comments2023-03-26T02:42:31.478-07:00Comments on ROUGH DRAFT: The Grand Obsolete PartyRob Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05166703109489177628noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154018142347291963.post-14565264125848043172009-11-05T16:39:22.995-08:002009-11-05T16:39:22.995-08:00Thanks for the history refresher, and I think you&...Thanks for the history refresher, and I think you're very accurate as I remember from my undergraduate days as a US history major. The party shift is fluid and dynamic, and I recently offered a post on my own blog called "Not my Father's Republican Party." In fact, I think the modern GOP is reverting to the nativistic "Know Nothing" party of a century and a half ago.<br /><br />A book club at Monkey See bookstore recently read "River of Doubt" about Teddy Roosevelt's exploration of an Amazon River, but the first chapters begin with his failed effort as a third party candidate in that 1912 election. Good read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com