What New Role for the South in Politics?

What New Role for the South in Politics?

by | Feb 6, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

The New Year’s Day vote in Congress that brought a temporary truce to the fiscal wars showed the Republicans to be far more divided than the Democrats, and the division broke along regional lines. House Republicans from the Far West and from the Northeast favored the...
News from Around the South 1/28 – 2/4

News from Around the South 1/28 – 2/4

by | Feb 5, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Virginia: The Civil War’s Madam on the Mall Vienna, Va.— As the nearly million people stood on the national Mall and watched the inauguration of President Barack Obama, little did they know that they were extremely near a very popular and profitable business...
Resegregation?

Resegregation?

by | Feb 4, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

As conservative southern Democrats—once known as Dixiecrats—switched to Republicans, Black state lawmakers have seen their power evaporate in the South. “Virtually all Black elected officials in the region are outsiders looking in,” wrote senior research associate...
What New Role for the South in Politics?

Reeling Southern Dems Seek New Strategy

by | Feb 1, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Southern Democrats in Washington for the inauguration of President Obama celebrated as much as their counterpoints from across the country. But they also knew they had work to do, with GOP senators, governors and state legislatures cutting a bright red swath through...
Race Discrimination?

Race Discrimination?

by | Jan 30, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

White Republicans, Southern evangelicals most likely to claim reverse discrimination, research finds With the affirmative action case Fisher v. University of Texas before the Supreme Court, “reverse discrimination” is back in the public eye. Perceptions of...