Could Kasich Win By Following In Lincoln's Footsteps?
For the Civil War class that I teach, I began reading Doris Kearns Goodwin's book Team of Rivals. It starts with the 1860 GOP Convention, where overconfident Republicans like William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase and Edward Bates wait for the nomination to come to them, while the lesser known Abraham Lincoln, who served a term in Congress and lost two Senate bids, has allies helping him ride the convention to victory. '
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