"But at the same time, The Nation recognized the great promise that Kennedy represented and, with a few frustrating exceptions, the fundamentally progressive nature of his politics. When Kennedy won the general election in November 1960—beating by only 100,000 popular votes Vice President Richard Nixon, who in the words of Frederic Collins had based his campaign on the conclusion 'that sadism is the stronger strain in the psychopathology of American politics.'"
Katrina vanden Heuvel digs through The Nation's archival articles about John F. Kennedy.
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