When presidential campaigns hit crunch time, both sides reach for their most visceral arguments. For liberals, it's the Supreme Court: Yes, Mondale-Dukakis-Gore-Kerry is bland and dissatisfying, but think of the court! For conservatives, it?s the people in the world who want to do America harm, and the longtime Republican conviction, going back at least to the early 1950s ?Who Lost China?? debate, that those feeble Democrats won?t keep America safe.
The actual record is more complicated?hawkish Democratic presidents marched us into the Vietnam tragedy, while a Republican one, Ronald Reagan, transformed himself by 1986 into one of the doviest presidents of the 20th century. But the brands are hard-wired into both parties? DNA, with some...
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Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/05/17/macho_dem_obama_looks_unbeatable_now_255561.html
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