Politicians speak truthfully on the campaign trail
A survey of moments where candidates launched blunt truths exposes a tension between authenticity and political risk. Romney, Kerry, Clinton and McCain all faced backlash or misgivings for remarks that sounded honest but clashed with campaign Narratives and voter expectations.
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New York
Mitt Romney
John McCain
John Kerry
Romney
Iowa
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Supreme Court
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Obama
Clinton
Washington
McCain
Lehman Brothers Investment Bank
Arizona
Charlie Black
Black
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Wall Street
Barack Obama
Bain Capital
Marc Hetherington
Vanderbilt University
Cam
Kerry
Iraq
George W. Bush
Bush
Texas
Rick Perry
Fea
Socia Security
Hillary Clinton
D-N.y
Bill Clinton
Keene, N.H
America
Heritage Foundation
Ohio
Assurance Wireless
Virgin Mobile
Assurancewireless.com
I.D
Uma