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Article: Sun Opinion One Broder
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- Yakima Herald-Republic
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- September 24, 2006
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WASHINGTON -- The independence being demonstrated all over the
political spectrum these days -- by Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman and
Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee, both in tough re-election battles,
and by Republican Sens. John McCain and John Warner -- has its roots
in American history.
When they ran for the presidential nomination, Ronald Reagan and
John Kennedy defied the preferences of their parties' power brokers.
And earlier, Teddy Roosevelt and Abe Lincoln did the same thing.
The American people often have been equally ready to discard
conventional wisdom by rewarding independence and those candidates
who, in the words of the Declaration of Independence, show "a decent
respect to ...
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