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| | OpinionEditorials.com — Social Security and Political Realignments - Sheppard |
 | | Some of the more notable of such elections occurred in 1800 (transfer of power from the Federalists to the Democratic-Republicans), 1824 (split of the Democratic-Republicans), 1860 (creation of the Republican Party), 1932 (creation of the “New Deal” Democrats), and, most recently, Ronald Reagan’s revival of the Republican Party in 1980. |
 | | Given this, it is quite likely that the significance of the 2004 elections, though continually being downplayed in front of the cameras by the usual suspects, has in no way been lost upon the Democratic Party leadership and its members. |
 | | And, with the election of Howard Dean as the party’s National Committee Chairman, it should be infinitely clear that, for the time being, the New Deal Democratic wing of the party prevailed. |
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