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Great Moments in Campaign History

U.S. News has selected some of the presidential campaign moments that have made a difference in shaping history.

WAR OF WORDS

• Nixon-Kennedy Debate
• Video: 1960 Candidates
• Reagan, Master Actor
• Ford's Poland Gaffe
• Bentsen, Quayle, and Kennedy
• Bush Checks His Watch

SUBLIME SPEECHES

• Harry Gives 'em Hell
• Lincoln in New York
• Bryan's 'Cross of Gold'
• FDR Seals a 'New Deal'
• Nixon's 'Checkers' Speech
• Video: Dewey v. Truman
• Video: Truman in 1948

THE END IS NEAR

• Dukakis's Photo Op Tanks
• Muskie's Tears Hurt
• Dean's Failed Battle Cry

MOCK CONVENTION

• A Washington & Lee University Tradition
• Video: Campus Pundits

DOWN AND DIRTY

• Moore Attacks Jefferson
• Murchison's Fake Letter
• Swift Boat Campaign

CLIFFHANGERS

• Florida Recount: Chads Were Hanging
• House Makes the Call
• Panel Picks a President
• 1916 Defined the Parties

TURNING POINTS

• 1968 Spirals Into Chaos
• Disaster in Chicago
• Harrison's Famous Song
• Sex, Lies, and Headlines
• Political Ads Hit TV
• Three-Way Race of 1912
• Wallace Has His Say

EXTRAS

• Michael Barone Remembers Past Elections
• Remarks of the Ages
• The Candidates' Fathers

More Special Reports

Photo credits clockwise from top left: AP; Asher Brown Durand/Corbis Bettmann; Robert King/Newsmakers/Getty Images; Corbis Bettmann; Michael E. Samojeden/AP; Frank Cancellare/Corbis Bettmann.

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