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Hail to the chief — and the also rans

February
18

On the occasion of today’s holiday, Joseph Cummins, author of “Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential History,” takes a look at what he calls “the obscure would-be presidential candidates of history.”

For example: Lewis Cass, a former governor of Michigan, whose name unfortunately rhymed with gas and who was satirized as “The Gas Bag.”

There’s more on his “Web site.”:http://anythingforavote.blogspot.com/2008/02/not-quite-presidents-day.html

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PHOTO: Robert Peck, curator of art and artifacts, displays a lock of hair from George Washington at The Academy Of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia last month. The academy was planning a scrapbook that includes the hair of the first 12 U.S. presidents. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

This entry was posted on Monday, February 18th, 2008 at 4:40 pm by Noreen O'Donnell.
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Noreen O'DonnellNoreen O'Donnell For the last 20 years, Noreen O'Donnell has written about Hillary Clinton's run for the Senate, rebuilding Ground Zero, the Korean immigrants who travel north each day from Queens to work in nail salons, deadly runaway fire trucks and other stories in Westchester and Putnam counties. Now she's a columnist.



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