[Fiji Hill]

Back in the fifties, we had conservative Democrats like Sens. Pat McCarran (D-Nev.) and Frank Lausche (D-Ohio)—a species now as extinct as the brontosaurus.

[Chgogal]

That is so true and so very sad. But the Rat Pack was fun.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Back in the fifties, we had conservative Democrats like Sens. Pat McCarran (D-Nev.) and Frank Lausche (D-Ohio)—a species now as extinct as the brontosaurus.

And we had liberal Republicans like Jacob Javits and Nelson Rockefeller, also equally extinct.

The Democratic and Republican parties each had liberal and conservative wings back then; that changed, in a process starting with the 1964 election and being virtually complete by the 1972 election.

[Freestate316]

I long for the days of conservative Republicans!