Huffington Magazine Issue 16 | Page 24

Voices ELI LEHRER HUFFINGTON 09.30.12 Nixon’s Lesson for Romney IF PRESIDENT OBAMA and Joe Biden win in Massachusetts (certain) and Wisconsin (very likely), the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan ticket could become the first major party presidential ticket in almost a half century not to win either member’s home state. Even after the leak of a tape that made Rom- ILLUSTRATION BY ALEX NABAUM ney look out of touch (at best) or downright callous (at worst), hardly any leading pundits count him out altogether. At any rate, he’ll have a better chance of prevailing from his current underdog position if it learns the lessons— for good and for ill—from the last Eli Lehrer is preside nt of the freemarket think tank R Street