We don’t talk much about the 1908 presidential election, but that I think it was fascinating. The race featured William Howard Taft for the GOP against William Jennings Bryan for the Democrats. By nominating Bryan, a candidate who had already run and lost on two previous occasions, the Democrats were practically throwing this election to the GOP. His signature issue in the 1896 (opposing the gold standard) didn’t really make sense in the context of 1908. And while his populist broadsides ...
