CNN is airing a Lincoln edition of “Race to the White House” on Sunday, March 13 at 11:00 PM. While promoting the show as exposing Lincoln’s true character, I will reserve judgment until after I watch it. Below is a sample from CNN.
David DeGerolamo
5 surprising facts about Abraham Lincoln
Ahead of the 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago, Lincoln’s campaign team, led by Judge David Davis, met with delegation leaders, sometimes promising Cabinet-level positions in exchange for support for Lincoln.
“They worked their way into every nook, cranny and snook-filled hall they could,” said Allen Guelzo, author of several books on Lincoln and a professor at Gettysburg College.
Lincoln’s campaign aides even printed out 5,000 counterfeit tickets to the Republican convention to pack the halls with his supporters.
“Make no mistake, Abraham Lincoln was chief political strategist: He relied on his aides maybe sometimes to do the dirty work, to be ruthless, to cut deals, but he was the lead dog,” said David Plouffe, President Barack Obama’s campaign manager in 2008.
I am not sure it will be too truthful.