Try Tony Blankley’s take on it ... it will sound eerily familiar, but it is presented by an author intent on conveying a message, not pimping a blog.
http://townhall.com/columnists/TonyBlankley/2010/03/26/kansas-nebraska_act_1854,_redux
Tony Blankley’s blog article is good, too.
Thanks for that link. I did get a better understanding of the analogy there.
It’s a sobering one.