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In reply to the discussion: When The Economy Collapsed In 2008 And Obama Was Elected Republicans Did All They Could [View all]diva77
(7,604 posts)17. and Karl Rove had a huge role in turning blue states into red states; started with Texas
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/architect/texas/realignment.htmlHow Texas Became a Red State - Karl Rove, the Architect
sam gwynne
Executive editor, Texas Monthly
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snip...What did Karl Rove do to be the Karl Rove that we all talk about?
His Texas career per se started in '79 when he went to work for then-Gov. Bill Clements. This is an interesting moment, because Texas, if you look at Texas history, this place has been Democratic since the Civil War. The party of Lincoln was not the party that was popular anywhere in the South, including Texas. And so for all these years, you had Democratic dominance in the state of Texas.
In fact, when Karl first came to the state, and in 1977 or '78, of the statewide offices held, I think one of 29 was held by a Republican. Of the entire 181-member Texas House and Senate, only 21 seats were held by Republicans. You basically had a complete domination of the state by Democrats forever.
Complete, almost 100 percent needle swing to the Republicans. In the House and the Senate, from 21 out of 181 to now in the 110 range, something like that -- a complete shift. Eventually the congressional delegations, the senatorial, everything switched.
And this happened on Karl's shift, and he was involved in an enormous amount of it. If you look at the statewide races -- being the Senate race, governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, land commissioner, Supreme Court justices, all those folks -- he was involved in almost every single one of them. So in a way, you can see this great tectonic shift in American politics, and maybe the greatest of an age, because, taken as a region anyway, Texas with all of its electoral votes in effect swings entirely Republican over a period of 22 years, and one man is really at the core of it...
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to explain Dubya's rise to power, along with the huge shift from Democratic to Repug in all levels of government, from elections officials on up to the Presidency -- one has to look at Karl Rove to discover who is behind the dirty work
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When The Economy Collapsed In 2008 And Obama Was Elected Republicans Did All They Could [View all]
All-In
Jun 2017
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And Media, Corporate Eduardo, did everything possible to be sure the Puke talking points
BlancheSplanchnik
Jun 2017
#34
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#10
Pukes complaining about a democratic congress that gets nothing done never remember
BlancheSplanchnik
Jun 2017
#35
THIS! U.S. Media, by and large, take the, "if a tree falls in the woods with no one around,
BlueCaliDem
Jun 2017
#31
and Karl Rove had a huge role in turning blue states into red states; started with Texas
diva77
Jun 2017
#17
It is why after years of it, I'm not enthusiastic about those that supposedly "see the light"...
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Jun 2017
#22
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Jun 2017
#26
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#30
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Republicans are very good at avoiding responsibility for their damage to our society.
No Vested Interest
Jun 2017
#58
You're correct. All the more reason to hit them with that question in pre-election debates
No Vested Interest
Jun 2017
#79
They are stinking traitors that did their worst to destroy President Obama
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Jun 2017
#37