Prometheus 6

Cindy McCain's childhood in a nutshell.   Listening to her response about Michelle Obama's recent comments brought this Langston Hughes poem to mind. 

Refugee in America 

There are words like Freedom 

Sweet and wonderful to say.

On my heart-strings freedom sings

All day everyday.

There are words like Liberty

That almost make me cry.

If you had known what I knew

You would know why. 

Hey P, do you know where I can find some good online reading about the domination of electoral politics by rural areas?

Silent Covenants: Brown V. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform by Derrick Bell

When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson

I discuss these two books here.

Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South by Thomas F. Schaller

This is more a discussion about how to change it, but it has to go into history to explain. 

Thanks

Ack. You said "online." I just noticed...

You want to google Solid South. Here's a real good jumping off point, from Bill Moyers:

The Solid South?

In the aftermath of the American Civil War the former Confederate states maintained a cohesive voting pattern nearly a century. It became known as "The Solid South" and was counted in the Democratic column for years. But as times, and party platforms, changed southern politics did too. Now for several decades the South has been solidly in the Republican camp. Find out more about the history, and possible future, of the southern vote below.

No worries, I appreciate the book references. I think I'll pick up "When Affirmative Action Was White". The link is great, thanks.