— JAMES MADISON WOULD HAVE SEEN EYE-TO-EYE WITH AMY KLOBUCHAR

— MCKINLEY CAMPAIGNED FROM HIS FRONT PORCH, TO A FAULT AND EXCLUSIVELY

— BLAINE SNATCHED DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY WHEN HE FAILED TO EXPLAIN AWAY A SUPPORTER’S IRRESPONSIBLE ACCUSATIONS OF RUM, ROMANISM AND REBELLION.

— TILDEN GOT SWINDLED BY THE ULTIMATE “BROKERED DEAL”

— TAFT OWED HIS INITIAL ELECTION TO TR, BUT GETS FOILED BY THE SAME 4 YEARS LATER WHEN THE PROGRESSIVE SET TEDDY LOOSE AS A BULL MOOSE

— FILLMORE WENT FROM BEING KIDNAPPED BY PIRATES TO THE OVAL OFFICE.

— I’LL WAGER JFK’S PERSONAL CALENDAR WOULD HAVE BEAT THE HELL OUT OF BRETT’S BEACH WEEKS

— LYNDON JOHNSON COULD WALK BACKWARDS, FART, CHEW GUM AND BROKER POLITICAL DEALS AT THE SAME TIME

— GARFIELD COULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD PRESIDENT, IF NOT FOR GUITEAU’S GUN — GRANT HAD GOOD SUCCESS AGAINST LEE, BUT RODE TO VICTORY MORE FREELY AGAINST GREELEY.

— NO PRESIDENT WHO INHERITED HIS FIRST TERM FROM A DEPARTING PRESIDENT HAS EVER CHOSEN TO RUN FOR A THIRD TERM