Nate Cohn

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

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

@JayCostTWS anyway, i was mainly thinking about your story about the 'west'--not the south. clearly, if the south retained power in perpetuity, it wouldn't have seceded. the senate certainly advanced that, if it's your goal. the electoral college, interestingly, most certainly did not — PolitiTweet.org