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Past & Present: Harry Truman's 1948 Comeback Campaign
By Robert Schlesinger -
Opinion
- October 30, 2008
Harry Truman managed the greatest political comeback ever, Robert Schlesinger writes. Find out how.
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Sarah Palin, John McCain, George W. Bush...Harry S. Truman? Historian Robert Dallek Says No
By Robert Dallek -
Opinion
- October 10, 2008
Republican attempts to embrace Harry Truman are wildly misguided, historian Robert Dallek writes.
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5 Lowest Job Approval Ratings for U.S. Presidents*
Opinion
- October 3, 2008
How does Bush's new low of 27 percent stack up against other U.S. presidents?
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John McCain and the Truman Playbook
By Robert Schlesinger -
Robert Schlesinger
- September 4, 2008
Is the Arizona senator about to make the same leap that the old Missouri haberdasher did?
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Obama's Speech—Where's Truman?
By Robert Schlesinger -
Robert Schlesinger
- August 28, 2008
He set the country on a course that ultimately won the Cold War—isn't that worth remembering?
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John McCain Should Take a Page From Harry Truman's Political Playbook
By Robert Schlesinger -
Opinion
- July 10, 2008
McCain's answer to Obama's rhetorical flights should be to find his own voice.
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We're Not Leaving Iraq
By Michael Barone -
Michael Barone
- July 10, 2008
Presidential determination to avoid defeat can be more influential than experts' advice.
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Dewey Defeats Truman? No Way. Truman "Gave 'em Hell" on His Whistle Stop Tour in 1948
By Nikki Schwab -
Nation & World
- January 17, 2008