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Not your father’s GOP

March 18, 2010 Arthur Lieber Congress, Government, History, Politics Leave a comment

Actually the Republican and Democratic parties collaborated quite a bit well into the 20th century. They had to, because both parties were populated by both liberals and conservatives. Republicans and Democrats crossed party lines to advance their causes.

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