Stephen West: One of my favorite Lincoln-Hamlin interactions (there are so many!): *Two months* after the 1860 convention, Lincoln wrote Hamlin to introduce himself: "Hey, I guess we're running together?! I don't think we ever met, but drop me a line when you can!" quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/li...

Historians try not to invoke LBJ, whose decision to step down led to catastrophe, or Lincoln, whose choice of unifying veep was even worse, challenge

David Blight invokes the pre-war Lincoln. I don't find it very persuasive - but maybe it meets the challenge? bsky.app/profile/step...

I have tremendous respect for David Blight's scholarship, but I question the wisdom of his advice that Joe Biden step down now so Kamala Harris can assume the presidency. Invoking Lincoln doesn't make the advice any better - tho perhaps he thinks "be like Lincoln!" is more likely to sway Biden?

Here’s How Joe Biden Channels Lincoln to Secure His Legacynewrepublic.com Making Kamala Harris the president right now would send a powerful message of unity to defeat the poison of MAGA.

me, a fool: But Lincoln ran for a second term.

Americans have short historical memories, and have completely forgotten the part where President Hannibal Hamlin won the Civil War.

good ol' Hannibal "The Cannibal"[1] Hamlin [1] apocryphal

One of my favorite Lincoln-Hamlin interactions (there are so many!): *Two months* after the 1860 convention, Lincoln wrote Hamlin to introduce himself: "Hey, I guess we're running together?! I don't think we ever met, but drop me a line when you can!" quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/li...

Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861]. | Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln | University of Michigan Library Digital Collectionsquod.lib.umich.edu

but this is is crazy; a crisis impending---call me maybe

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