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Putting the 2012 GOP Convention Into Historical Perspective

Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff discuss previous conventions and presidential elections with Mark Shields, David Brooks, and presidential historians Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton Smith, including what Richard Nixon said about likeability, John F. Kennedy's religion and George H.W. Bush's successful convention speech.
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