Jimmy Carter for Dean

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A little but not enough.  Why no endorsement is the bigger question?

Plus embracing the memories of the Carter administration may not be a plus.

Not a plus for a general election.  But you have to remember, Democrats *love* Jimmy Carter; they (in general) have a really hard time admitting that he was a bad president, even worse than Clinton.

Clinton was not a BAD president, so to say Carter is worse than him is an obvious statement.  But in the long run, Reagan did more damage than carter.

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Carter had only four years to economically screw the country up, but Reagan had 8 and used all of them well.

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What?  The economy boomed during the 80s and came out of the recession int he Carter days.

Carter had only four years to economically screw the country up, but Reagan had 8 and used all of them well.

Reagan is responsibe for approx. $2.2T of the national debt.

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$2,200,000,000,000

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$2,200,000,000,000

Not a particularly large national debt given the size of our economy.  Of course the idea of tax cuts and large deficits was to constrain wasteful social spending - 'Starve the Beast'.  I'm not sure if it has worked but at least we haven't had any other horrible initiatives like the New Deal or Great Society.  In fact the latter has been rolled back just a little.  

Yes, 2,200,000,000,000 is alot of money.  National debt just passed seven billion last month.

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Yes, 2,200,000,000,000 is alot of money.  National debt just passed seven billion last month.

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Seven trillion.  Not bad in an 11.25 trillion economy.

Yes it is.  any way you cut it, seven trillion dollars is alot of money, and paying off seven trillion dollars is impossible, no matter how much time you give somebody.

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Yeah probably true.  Always wished TR would have lived till 1920 elections as it is widely saidhe would have been nomninee and wanted it.  

He didn't want to run even before he died.

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OK, Taft won only Utah and Vermont, a total of 1.5% of the EC and 23% of the popular vote. I think that is the worse result ever.

Agreed.  Hoover did badly also.