Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn
@JayCostTWS you can tell the opposite story, though. politics radicalizes in the 1850s in part because the Senate at once rewards/encourages Southern intransigence and fuels northern fears of the 'slave power.' a proportional gvt passes the wilmot provisio. die is cast before radicalization — PolitiTweet.org