yo-daday, this will get you started, its boring, but its very informative
http://books.google.com/books/about/...d=_vM2r5CXP3kC you'll get tired of hearing about Charleston. It explains a lot about the origins of the Democratic party and their efforts to reintroduce the caste system of government to this country.
Thomas Sowell fills in a lot of gaps that Wikipedia and other on line reference leaves. Search u-tube for Thomas Sowell, beyond that
you'll have to get books to get facts, there's a lot that's been edited for the internet that they don't want to remind anyone about. I did a search for the Democratic party time line of events the other day, funny thing, they left that whole slavery/civil war off their time line,
While your searching Thomas Sowell, this is a pretty good video to watch as well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwqho...eature=related
and yes, I'm wearing my tinfoil hat