Walter:  Study the history of the politics of the South.  The development of the racist Southern Democratic Party in post-Reconstruction Southern states is no big secret.  The JimCrow Era is no secret.  The past "sins" of the Democratic Party are no secret.  The abandonment of the Democratic Party by Southern racists and their movement to the GOP is no secret.  The "southern strategy" of the GOP is no secret.  Attempting to dismiss such realities as "fantasy" simply won't fly.  Gary Crum  BTW: I'm (cont) a wikepedia entry on the GOP southern strategy for your reading.