[GOPcapitalist]

so in all fairness it could be blamed for the nominees of the Democrats up to FDR.

During the period between the civil war and FDR that effectively means two Democrat presidents to "blame" the south for: Woodrow Wilson and Grover Cleveland. Wilson was elected only due to the unusual circumstances of TR's run in 1912 and Cleveland was one of the best presidents we ever had.

[labard1]

You're right, of course. The South's veto didn't do a lot to make the Dem's nominees electable. William Jennings Bryan was never one of my favorites.