Archives. You have heard the phrase, history doesnt repeat itself, it rhymes. This afternoon, with your assistants, i would tend to apply past is prologue to the history of the second turn. But i frankly do not understand history writing, so that one will be ignored. We are once again facing the challenge of selecting our president when the winner is too close to call. We do not expect to witness an election won by overinflate. Some will look longingly on the time when one candidate dominated the political scene. Lyndon johnson grittily be very goldwater and richard nixon, overwhelming george mcgovern. Each of those elections, one of the candidates failed to capture the spirit of the american voting public and the winner had the advantage of a weak opponent. Franklin roosevelt won his second term landslide because of huge popularity. And many of our president ial elections, the candidates are in a fitted title to present themselves as the one capable of serving the country with the win