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'''Mark Stricherz''' is a [[pro-life]] [[Catholic]] and the author of ''Why the Democrats Are Blue'', a 2007 book detailing the takeover of the [[Democratic Party]] from 1972 on by secularist social liberals who pushed such issues as [[abortion]], [[affirmative action]], [[gun control]], [[homosexual]] issues and [[feminism]].
'''Mark Stricherz''' is a [[pro-life]] [[Catholic]] and the author of ''Why the Democrats Are Blue'', a 2007 book detailing the takeover of the [[Democratic Party]] from 1972 on by secularist social liberals who pushed such issues as [[abortion]], [[affirmative action]], [[gun control]], [[homosexual]] issues and [[feminism]].
He locates this takeover by secularists and social liberals in the 1972 McGovern Commission, which had been formed to reform the party's nominating process after the 1968 [[Chicago]] convention, but instead became the vehicle for wealthy secular professionals to gain a foothold in the party. These secular activists alienated the party's old [[working class]] base of Northern Catholics and Southern Protestants, based esepcially in the [[Rust Belt]] and [[Appalachia]], with their social agenda.
He locates this takeover by secularists and social liberals in the 1972 McGovern Commission, which had been formed to reform the party's nominating process after the 1968 [[Chicago]] convention, but instead became the vehicle for wealthy secular professionals to gain a foothold in the party. These secular activists alienated the party's old [[working class]] base of Northern Catholics and Southern Protestants, based especially in the [[Rust Belt]] and [[Appalachia]], with their social agenda.
Mark Stricherz is, himself, a [[Conservative Democrat]] from Western [[Pennsylvania]], so the main focus of his book is on Pennsylvania politics but could equally apply to other states in the Rust Belt and Appalachia.
Mark Stricherz is, himself, a [[Conservative Democrat]] from Western [[Pennsylvania]], so the main focus of his book is on Pennsylvania politics but could equally apply to other states in the Rust Belt and Appalachia.