Painting Dixie Blue: Can Democrats retake the South? Yes, and here’s how.

Politico Magazine ^ | February 20, 2014 | Scott Arceneaux, executive director, FL Dem. Party

[okie01]

"Racial equality leads to economic opportunity."

Methinks the writer has the proposition back-asswards.

Further, don't the election of Tim Scott, Alan West, J.C. Watts, et al undermine the writer's premise that the GOP is driven by racism?

And, anyway, why should Southerners suddenly turn left and embrace Communism -- as embodied in today's Democrat party?

[Georgia Girl 2]

You’re California dreamin Scotty. :-)

[2ndDivisionVet]

They won’t get Texas if all the California and Northeastern TRUE CONSERVATIVES get out of those places and get down here.

[ealgeone]

If they get Texas the other three states won’t matter.

[Dick Bachert]

Yes, and if ANYONE knows about racism, it’s you Democrats! You guys invented it.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

That sumbitch has psycho eyes

[VerySadAmerican]

There’s a simple way for the democrats to take over the South but they’ll need the republicans’ help. It’s called amnesty for 11 million, or more, Mexicans.

[wardaddy]

They Texas its game over

Only states in Dixie in danger are those where Yankees and minorities have streamed in

Native whites here can’t hold them off forever

VA.....

FL

NC

[trebb]

The South won’t be as easy a target as they might think. We had a Fair a few months before the last election and I noted a lot of Blacks carrying around yard signs for Romney and almost none for Obama. Even the Southern Blacks knew that Romney was preferable to another 4 years of Obama...