The Blog Formerly Known As Vote '08

For all the talk of how a “team of rivals” would be a good thing, Matthew Pinsker of the Los Angeles Times isn’t convinced:

“Consider this inconvenient truth: Out of the four leading vote-getters for the 1860 Republican presidential nomination whom Lincoln placed on his original team, three left during his first term — one in disgrace, one in defiance and one in disgust.”

Reminder: Doris Kearnes Goodwin, who wrote the book about this topic that Obama’s been reading, is coming to Chattanooga one week before the inauguration.

FURTHER READING: James Oakes is also skeptical.

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