Compromise Choices
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With the rise of political parties came the dawn of political compromise: nominees who were selected not necessarily because they were the best or most obvious candidates for the presidency, but because they were less offensive to some voters than those who might have been the most apparent choices. Their primary qualification for the office often seemed not to be their positive qualities but their relative lack of negative ones. This program explores the lives of two men who found the office of the presidency far beyond their powers, while yet another two proved themselves worthy of having been called to the highest office in the land. Profiled are Franklin Pierce, James Garfield, Warren Harding, and Gerald Ford.
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60 min
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[2011], c2000
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