Steve Inskeep: It’s 1856 all over again

(Library of Congress) An 1856 campaign poster supporting Col. John C. Frémont for the first Republican presidential nomination.

(Library of Congress) An 1856 campaign poster supporting Col. John C. Frémont for the first Republican presidential nomination.

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