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Nixon in 1968, unlike Obama 2008, was elected as a minority presid

Nixon in 1968, unlike Obama 2008, was elected as a minority president with only 43 percent of the vote. Yet, in 1972, he won what, in some measures, was the most lopsided election in American history with 61 percent. – John Podhoretz

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Making recess appointments when the Senate isnt in recess is neither rational nor moderate. Its a raw misuse of executive power by a president whose love of government is his most vulnerable spot with the electorate. – John Podhoretz

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All other forms of history – economic history, social history, psychological history, above all sociology – seem to me history with the history left out. – A.J.P. Taylor

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