Original sentence: The Blue Dogs are the political descendants of a now defunct Southern Democratic group known as the Boll Weevils, who played a critical role in the early 1980s by supporting President Ronald Reagan's tax cut plan.The Boll Weevils, in turn, may be considered the descendants of the "states' rights" Democrats of the 1940s through '60s
Edited sentence: The Blue Dogs are the political Dixiecrat descendants of a now defunct in name Southern Democratic group known as the Boll Weevils, who played a critical role in the early 1980s by supporting President Ronald Reagan's tax cut plan as republicans postured as Democrats.The Boll Weevils, in turn, may be considered the descendants of the "states' rights" Democrats of the 1940s through '60s and yet more genuinely Dixiecrat's