The Next Great Reform Era Is Poised to Begin

Chuck Todd: “The last time the United States had three one-term presidents in a row, the calendar year began with an ‘18.’”

“Between Ulysses Grant and William McKinley, America actually had five straight one-term presidencies, including the two nonconsecutive terms of Grover Cleveland.”

“All of the elections in that period were quite close, and all were essentially about which party could bring the country together and move it forward after the Civil War. And while the divisive issues of that time were different from the divisive issues of this era, the mood and frustration of the country in the late 1800s seem to rhyme with the mood and frustration of the early 2000s.”