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I do not believe that Lincoln caused the war.

The cause of the war, and the cause of the division of the Democrats, and the cause of Lincoln's election, though, were all the same cause.

I do not thing the GOP can unify behind a single candidate because their division is over fundamentals.

I do not believe that Lincoln caused the war.

I agree with you. The Civil war was going to happen, it was just a matter of time. We had already had one civil war in the late 1700s over the issues of freedom. The ingredients were there. You had a group of hardcore Christians angry that other Christians are enslaved or who think that man was created in the image of God and that to enslave him is a sin. Toss in a bunch of immigrants who felt threatened over having to compete with slave labor, and don't forget that both groups turned out to vote in large numbers, and things are not going to end well. It could have happened a decade earlier it could have happened a decade later, but it was going to happen.

Not saying Lincoln handled it the best or not, but it was going to happen.

I do not thing the GOP can unify behind a single candidate because their division is over fundamentals.

I also agree with this. Conservatives are finally starting to unify and for the first time, many are starting to realize that the moderates in the GOP are not going to give us what we want. They try to buy us off with half-measures, and that worked in the past, but things are too critical now. The federal government keeps growing in power and size and it's been helped along by moderate Republicans.