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January 4, 2015

What Happened to the Democratic Party? They Killed Santa Claus. (Video)

by Rick Perlstein

Rick Perlstein is the author of many books including "The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan." On January 4, 2015 he spoke at a roundtable at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association on the subject: "America and the Left: Past and Present."