Abstract
In the summer of 2001, the noted Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and political analyst Haynes Johnson completed his thirteenth book. It was a critique of the Clinton years entitled The Best of Times.1 In the opening pages, Johnson wrote:
My story involves America at its zenith, a society so favored as it entered a new millennium that its people could be excused for believing they were experiencing their very best of times. Looking to the future, America’s prospects appeared unlimited. They enjoyed unprecedented peace and prosperity. After the global terrors and tragedies into which they had been drawn throughout the [twentieth] century, by the closing years of that epoch they faced no crises domestic or foreign. No new enemies challenged America. 2
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Haynes Johnson, The Best of Times: America in the Clinton Years ( New York: Harcourt Inc., 2001 ).
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Donald Rumsfeld, Known and Unknown: A Memoir ( New York: Penguin Books, 2011 ), pp. 335–36.
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Dan Balz, “As Primary Approaches, Questions Cling to Dean’s Gains,” Washington Post, December 28, 2003.
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Quoted in Anthony J. Bennett, U.S. Government and Politics 2005: Annual Survey ( Colchester, England: University of Essex, 2005 ), p. 24.
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Erica J. Seiffert, The Politics of Authenticity in Presidential Campaigns: 1976–2008 ( Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 2012 ), p. 198.
Mitch Frank, “Bush Finds His Agenda,” Time, September 3, 2004.
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George E. Condon, “Shaking the Rust Off,” National Journal, September 29, 2012, p. 40.
James Bennet, “The Contrasts: Two Messages, Hope and Fear,” New York Times, October 1, 2004.
Richard Morin, “Poll Shows Disapproval of Cheney Daughter Reference,” Washington Post, October 15, 2004.
James E. Campbell, “Presidential Politics in a Polarized Nation,” in Colin Campbell et al. (eds.), The George W. Bush Legacy ( Washington DC: CQ Press, 2008 ), p. 25.
Frank Luntz, “Why Bush Won,” Washington Times, November 5, 2004.
Charlie Cook, “A Supremely Well-Executed White House Campaign,” Nation Journal, November 6, 2004.
Scot Lehigh, “The Lessons of November 2,” Boston Globe, November 5, 2004.
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Bennett, A.J. (2013). 2004: “You Know Where I Stand”. In: The Battle for the White House from Bush to Obama. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137268631_3
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