30 years ago, Rick Perry and Elizabeth Warren were both in Texas

[Recursion]

One was starting to stump for Al Gore's 1988 Presidential campaign; the other was supporting Pierre du Pont's 1988 Presidential campaign. The Democrat supporting Gore was Perry, and the Republican supporting du Pont was Warren.

When we understand why both of them have switched parties over the past 30 years, we will understand the rest of American politics over that time.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

1. This is so foreign to me. I truly think I was born with dna that made me care about

those less fortunate. =Dem I can not remember thinking any differently. It is so deep in my soul. It is not so surface as what party I belong to.

[elleng]

2. Darn, I must have been busy in '88.

Pierre du Pont??? AHA, THIS! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe%E2%80%93Southern_Pacific_merger

[DURHAM D]

3. Do you have a source?

I believe you but am curious about her support of duPont. I think his main issue was that he wanted to privatize social security.

[angstlessk]

4. Okay, so rick perry became a republican when it was popular, and Elizabeth Warren

became a Democrat when it was not popular?

[Recursion]

5. They both switched at about the same time, 1992-1994

I don't think it was a difference in timing.

[LeftInTX]

6. Perry switched cuz he's an opportunist

I think Liz said she switched when she saw that conservative approaches to the markets were hurting consumers. However, I don't pretend to understand her expertise.

It's totally apples and oranges because Liz's background is very technical and Perry went into politics because he was tired of working on his dad's cotton farm.