Historical Perspective

Historian Paul Boller recently wrote this about the Presidential Election: Factions including "peace groups castigating the president for taking the country into war and calling for a speedy end to the conflict; harsh critics harping on the president's mismanagement of the war effort and blaming him for reverses on the battlefield; and administration supporters insisting that all good patriots should rally around the flag and help the president bring the conflict to a successful conclusion." Not suprising? What is suprising is that Boller is talking about the re-election of James Madison.

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