Why Was The Democratic Party Able
To Dominate The US Congress For Over 40 Years?
To Dominate The US Congress For Over 40 Years?
The following Wall Street
Journal article, I highly recommend to read may shed some light on this
question. It appeared on the Opinion Page of the US Edition on 6/23/12.
Headline: “The Soul of the Democratic Party Machine” (Subscription required)
Author: Jay Cost
Blame It On Franklin D. Roosevelt And His
New Deal
Excerpts from the article:
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“The federal government long had a relatively
modest “spoils system”, but the New Deal took matters to an entirely new level.”
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“… FDR imported [Tammany Hall] political
methodology to Washington, D.C. His New Deal used federal regulatory power and
money … to build a permanent Democratic majority”
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“The president made sure that … urban machines
got enormous sums for patronage jobs and programs, …”
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“[FDR] created a variety of special privileges
including monopolistic bargaining rights for organized labor.”
I only wish the article went
into more details, but Mr. Cost also published a book regarding the spoils system.
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