You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time … - Michael Beschloss

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You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system. One example is John Kennedy.

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To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin.

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First of all, there's no mention of political parties in the Constitution, so you begin American history with not only no political conventions but also no parties.

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So if 1960 had occurred under the old convention system, Kennedy would have had a very hard time getting the Democratic nomination because he would have been rejected by all those people who had worked with him in Washington.

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Legacy is what a president does that affects later generations.

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As parties began to develop around the turn of the 19th century, you had party nominees for President nominated in caucuses made up of party members in Congress.

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