tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24008092.post116267727044279127..comments2023-05-20T08:26:50.208-07:00Comments on Valley of the Shadow: Why no Dem says "Ya'll"JSFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112671583392607007noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24008092.post-1162881612711154652006-11-06T22:40:00.000-08:002006-11-06T22:40:00.000-08:00While, I agree the death knell of the Boston and ...While, I agree the death knell of the Boston and Austin axis occurred in 1980. I would argue that the linkages were highly unstable because of the conservativism espoused by Southern Democrats.<BR/><BR/>The northern-southern axis began degenerating as early as 1964-1965.<BR/><BR/> <BR/>There are certain instances in which the Bosron-Austin axis were strained<BR/><BR/>1. 1932-1941 FDR and Garner had a dufficult relationship to such an extent that Garner referred to the vice presidency as being worth the same amount of a bucket a fresh urine. <I>"The vice-presidency isn't worth a pitcher of warm piss.”</I><BR/><BR/>Garner was replaced on the 1940 ticket by Henry A. Wallace a liberal Democrat.<BR/><BR/>2. 1944-1945 FDR distrusted Harry Truman because of his connections to the Prendergast machine and on met with him on two occassions after the inauguration <BR/><BR/>3. 1964-65 the mutual distrust and animosity that exixted between President Johnon and Attorney General Kennedy provided early indicatiors that the axis was in fragile in nature.<BR/><BR/>4. The death knell of the axis occurred in 1988 with the Dukakis- Bentsen ticket<BR/><BR/>I would also argue that a Rocky Mountain/Western and Midwest/Southern axis exists among the Republican party<BR/><BR/>1. Reagan-G.H.W.Bush 1980-89<BR/>2. G.H.W. Bush-Quayle 1988-93<BR/>3. G.W. Bush-Cheney 2000-2009<BR/><BR/>The only deviation was the Dole Kemp campaign of 1996.NJZimmermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17472021826347943575noreply@blogger.com