[Mike Darancette]

I was going for the whole (D-MS) thing. The economics of south is not a problem caused by the modern Republican party nor by Jeff Davis.

[wardaddy]

The reason for all if these negatives in the south is our black population which is 4-25 times greater than any Yankee state....and if i have to explain how that works....i aint gonna bother with race baiters playing possum here

Montana has a buttload of poor Indians on reservations and West Virginia has been in and out of coal depressions as one big single industry state with little “easy” land forever

Democrats don't help but that is as much a symptom as a cause

There are almost no GOP run major cities anywhere anymore...not even Dallas....which runs much better than say Memphis....both Dem cities