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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMay the Republican party now go the way of the Whigs.
Disgraced, split, on the wrong side of history....
....But for all of their prominence and power, the Whigs couldnt keep it together. The all-consuming issue of slavery was the Whigs ultimate undoing, pitting Northern and Southern Whigs against each other, and scattering Whig leadership to upstart third parties like the Know Nothings and the Republicans.
Over the course of a little more than 20 years, the Whig party experienced a meteoric political rise that was rivaled only by its abrupt and total collapse.
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May the Republican party now go the way of the Whigs. (Original Post)
apcalc
Feb 2021
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roamer65
(36,745 posts)1. The split is hours or days away.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)2. This could be the "Iraq War Vote"
Considering the war going on in the GQP this series of votes could ultimately be a litmus test not far in the future.
apcalc
(4,465 posts)5. I hope so!
Irish_Dem
(47,036 posts)3. May they reap the whirlwind.
moondust
(19,980 posts)6. Gone With The Whigs
Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.