Artur Davis Quotes
This is just not the Democratic Party we used to know.
Davis, Artur. "Statement on Party Affiliation." Artur Davis' Blog, 29 May 2012.
When the Trs Psrty snd other extrme conservatives gsined contol of the Republican Party and moved the party far to the right, the Democratic Party, began shifting to the left. The centeriists of both parties began to be ignored as politicians of each party stove to avoid attacks from their extremes. The result were centerists who left their old party loyalties becomming indeprndents or joininng the other party.
Discussing his decision not to seek reelection as a Senator from Arizona. He also was a major public critic of the Republican President Donald Trump, this was regarded by the Party Base as party disloyalty and the base form the majority of voters in most primary elections.
Lecture, FDR Presidential Library, Hyde Park, NY, June 24, 2006
Simon Cameron had switched parties from Democrat to Republican. Lincoln said of him:
At the time of this quotation, Thompson was campaigning for the Republican Presidential Nomination for which he did not make a good showing in the primaries.
One of the reasons that Reagan was so popular and effective was the he was positive and civil in his public and political relations. Although he was clearly conservative, he worked very well with the Democrats in Congress and in the state. The Republican Party after Reagan had become totally negative and offered nothing positive and specific. Lack of comity and much nastiness had become the Republican legislative style and on Radio and TV the nastiness rivaled that of McCarthyism. Conservatives like Graham who were civil and polite to Democrats and everyone else, were actually castigated and attacked by other Republican leaders and spokespeople.
Artur Genestre Davis is an American attorney and politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Alabama's 7th congressional district from 2003 to 2011. He was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Alabama in the 2010 election. After losing in the primary, he moved to Virginia and joined the Republican Party. He was defeated in his attempt to be elected Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama in the 2015 election.
