It is a poor politician who does not profit from mistakes of the past. Last week former U.S. Labor Secretary James Mitchell, now the Republican nominee for Governor of New Jersey, showed that he had learned at least one lesson from the 1960 campaign failure of his close friend Richard Nixon. Mitchell coolly declined a challenge for face-to-face debates with his Democratic opponent, former Judge Richard J. Hughes. While Jim Mitchell was sure he could match Hughes on the stump, he thought it silly to do anything that might build up his lesser-known opponent. "I am going to organize my...
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