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Published 11/17/2008 by Domenico Montanaro at First Read

From MSNBC.com's Tom CurryNew presidents have often gotten off on the wrong foot, either in botched Cabinet nominations or in policy initiatives that caused a ruckus at the start of their presidency. Obama stands to learn from mistakes made by Kennedy in 1961, Carter in 1977, Bush in 1989 and Clinton in 1993. The Bay of Pigs fiasco is the classic case of a brand new president blundering his way into calamity. In this situation, the botched invasion had long-term consequences. Following the...( read more ) (link)

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