Thread:ML4E/@comment-35176527-20181224193040/@comment-130447-20181227164815

I saw the discussion but didn't feel qualified to address a US political situation that is 100+ years old since I am a Canadian. However, something similar happened in Canadian Federal politics in the late 80s / early 90s where Albertan hard right politicians formed the Reform Party followed by Quebec separatist MPs leaving the Progressive Conservative caucus under Brian Mulroney to form the Bloc Québécois. Each became independent parties running their own candidates for Parliament so they are different in that way from 1860 US. The BQ became the federal counterpart to the provincial Party Québécois but the Reform Party was an attempt to move the PCs to the right and eventually led to a merger forming the current Conservative Party of Canada. Based on the discussion, it seems that the southern faction was attempting something similar to Reform on the Slave question but the ACW intervened. It seems to me that the southern faction should not be treated as part of the Democratic Party but does need to be acknowledged in some way.

Merry belated Christmas in any case. ML4E (talk) 16:48, December 27, 2018 (UTC)