I wonder though if the writer... turns a blind eye towards those Democrats that fled the party & became Republicans.
Robert Byrd, James Webb and Joe Biden are quoted and each is still a prominent Democrat.
Yeah but what about folks like Jesse Helmes & Strom Thurmond who were democrats but became republicans when the democratic party no longer supported their racist views.
Interesting story about Helmes. James Meredith, the first black man to attend the University of Mississippi, actually worked for Helmes as an advisor for several years. The reason? He'd written every Senator and Representative offering his services to get access to the Library of Congress, and Helmes was the only one who replied.
