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Abraham Lincoln’s old friend and fellow Republican Lyman Trumbull wrote Lincoln a letter in the spring of 1860 asking whether Lincoln was considering a run for the presidency.

After confessing that “the taste is in my mouth a little,” Lincoln’s reply went on to assess the Illinois electoral prospects of various potential Republican presidential candidates.

Then, Lincoln added this:

Recurring to Illinois, we want something here quite as much as, and which is harder to get than, the electoral vote — the Legislature. And it is exactly in this point that Seward’s nomination would be hard on us. Suppose he should gain us a thousand votes in Winnebago, it would not compensate for the loss of fifty in Edgar.

Things really haven’t changed all that much since then. That could have been written by Mike Madigan or Tom Cross.

posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Feb 11, 05 @ 12:35 am

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Two words … Topinka Blogging.

Thanks Rich!

Comment by Anonymous Friday, Feb 11, 05 @ 11:46 am
One word: Patience.

Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Feb 11, 05 @ 11:52 am
Three words …

You da man!

Thanks Rich

Comment by Anonymous Friday, Feb 11, 05 @ 12:19 pm

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