tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post2113710579117177962..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: The End of the Third Party System, Part I: A Short History of Political Parties in AmericaDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-71028748216054147542012-03-15T19:51:47.031-05:002012-03-15T19:51:47.031-05:00I kind of figured it was along those lines, David ...I kind of figured it was along those lines, David (almost exactly, down to the fact Bryan never won the White House).Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-58814094895450023022012-03-15T19:06:16.654-05:002012-03-15T19:06:16.654-05:00Thanks for that. My understanding only when as far...Thanks for that. My understanding only when as far back as the 1860s, and I had a fuzzy notion of the Whigs as a cheap imiation of their identically named British counterparts. This helps a lot, and suggests further reading.John the Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-58123602856633115332012-03-15T18:45:21.484-05:002012-03-15T18:45:21.484-05:00Your last paragraph is one of the most encouraging...Your last paragraph is one of the most encouraging things I've read in weeks.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-86400557462196247432012-03-15T17:21:36.694-05:002012-03-15T17:21:36.694-05:00Thanks, Eric!
I went with Wilson (another imperfe...Thanks, Eric!<br /><br />I went with Wilson (another imperfect figure, if you think about it) rather than Bryan precisely because Bryan tends to be remembered as a culture warrior rather than a Progressive, while Wilson is remembered in the opposite manner. Either label could be applied to either man with justice, really, but I wanted to stick as close to politics as I could.<br /><br />Plus Wilson won the presidency, something Bryan never managed to do, and Bryan's most well-known run for the presidency (1896) came on what amounted to a Populist rather than Progressive platform of free silver.<br /><br />You can make a good case for Bryan, but it would rely on more complex reasoning than I wanted to get into there - I just wanted to get across the point that Progressivism was bipartisan.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-32267971654269687832012-03-15T17:14:17.095-05:002012-03-15T17:14:17.095-05:00(Progressive Democrats, I meant to say; TR is, of ...(Progressive <i>Democrats</i>, I meant to say; TR is, of course, a perfect example of the Gilded Age's progressive Republicans. Argh.)Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-52199688107227731692012-03-15T17:13:01.299-05:002012-03-15T17:13:01.299-05:00Another great post, David, though I think I would ...Another great post, David, though I think I would have chosen Bryan as the exemplar of end-of-the-Gilded Age/turn-of-the-20th Century progressives. An imperfect figure, to be sure--particularly since we tend to mostly remember his involvement in the Scopes trial these days (though I think Stephen Jay Gould was likely right that Bryan was motivated by an honorable, if misguided in execution, loathing of Social Darwinism).<br /><br />Still, I wanted to give you a round of applause for this one! Thank you!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.com