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Presidents as a lending library of history
The Hall of Presidents at the National Portrait Gallery is a metaphorical lending library where past leaders shape current campaigns. Shribman notes Obama and Romney borrow from Lincoln, FDR, and Reagan while warning that bipartisan borrowing risks diminishing candidates and that history belongs to those who write their own volumes.
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