Barack Obama promises lower taxes for working families, a tougher foreign policy than the current administration, big new government programs and restrained federal spending. That’s exactly what Jimmy Carter promised in 1976 only to break every one of them except the one about big new government programs. Are we seeing a repeat of the Carter campaign and possibly his presidency? And why might an Obama victory actually be more damaging than Carter’s 32 years ago? We ask historian Dr. Mark Moyar, who teaches at the U.S. Marine Corps University.
