I mean, the GOP basically did this in Wyoming. Energy companies on the East Coast turned the state into a giant company town, importing tens of thousands of company men to carve up and administer the state on their behalf. The Wyoming political establishment is as well-oiled as any machine politics run out of Tammany Hall.
The GOP simply made administering Wyoming profitable. Dems since LBJ have struggled to build a political establishment that genuinely benefits its low-rung members. You're either grasping for that gold ring or you're left to fall flat on your face.
I mean, the GOP basically did this in Wyoming. Energy companies on the East Coast turned the state into a giant company town, importing tens of thousands of company men to carve up and administer the state on their behalf. The Wyoming political establishment is as well-oiled as any machine politics run out of Tammany Hall.
The GOP simply made administering Wyoming profitable. Dems since LBJ have struggled to build a political establishment that genuinely benefits its low-rung members. You're either grasping for that gold ring or you're left to fall flat on your face.