@tanehisicoates If we think national unity (reconciling with Southern elite) more important than Reconstruction, then Grant bad president.
@EricKleefeld @tanehisicoates Was using Twitter short-hand. By "Reconstruction" meant "Radical Reconstruction": ex-slaves as full citizens
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@HeerJeet@tanehisicoates Most people *do* mean the Radicals when they say "Reconstruction." Evolution of term itself is interesting story. -
@HeerJeet@tanehisicoates When old Strom switched to GOP, he said people in charge of modern Dems were "engaged in a second Reconstruction." - Show replies
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