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Originally Posted by Nebe
I think they were called "blue dog democrats" or something like that. ( I haven't had my coffee yet.)
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That would be incorrect (just finished my coffee - time to build a siege engine):
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Blue Dog Democrat Philosophy
A Blue Dog Democrat is one who views himself as being in the middle of the partisan spectrum and as an advocate for fiscal restraint at the federal level.
The preamble to the Blue Dog Caucus in the House describes its members as being "dedicated to the financial stability and national security of the country, notwithstanding partisan political positions
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The proponents of the southern position prior to Civil War were Democrats. Some (all?) of the northern Democrats backed the Republican position of anti-slavery. The Republican party mainly developed as a response to curb the expansion of slavery north and west of where it existed at the time.