tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post1712781470690418966..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Q Day 4: PolarizationJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-36118375960351724612011-07-13T05:36:24.191-05:002011-07-13T05:36:24.191-05:00Thanks for having a question day. I will be more p...Thanks for having a question day. I will be more prepared for the next one.Bajsanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-90049949662975278292011-07-12T17:34:56.499-05:002011-07-12T17:34:56.499-05:00Jon,
The Republican Party of the 1970s worked with...Jon,<br />The Republican Party of the 1970s worked with their Democratic colleagues on major legislation (and those are among the most productive of Congresses, using Mayhew's Major Laws as a metric).<br />Yes, a lot of the cooperation was the Conservative Coalition. But don't forget about the death of Northeast Republicanism. Moderates have been chased out of the GOP to a much greater extent than the Dems have chased them out. Ideologically, conservatives fit better within the GOP, so they switched. However, that was a pull function. The moderates have been purged from the GOP as well. The pull is natural and a good thing. The push? Not as much.Matt Jarvisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-3438848457953226172011-07-12T16:39:20.822-05:002011-07-12T16:39:20.822-05:00Thanks for the response, Jonathan. Interesting foo...Thanks for the response, Jonathan. Interesting food for thought.Lodusnoreply@blogger.com