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To: JohnM who wrote (141217)	9/30/2005 11:28:12 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793969

Carter was defending a 'past performance' title. Goldwater, in a relative sense, was an unknown quantity. '64 voters 'played safe' -- happy or otherwise. '80 voters knew Carter's level of ineptitude, first-hand. Carter, as it became apparent, wasn't even worth playing safe, the benefit afforded LBJ. Interesting observation: Columnist George Will had this to say about the lasting effects of the 1964 election, "It took 16 years to count the votes, and Goldwater won." en.wikipedia.org "I gather you think Lyndon Johnson was a much better president than Barry Goldwater would have been?"