[RedMonqey]

Lincoln, just like fellow Republican Ronald Reagan

The Democrats would have as good a claim on RR as the Republicans have on Lincoln.

Lincoln"s second term was not elected as an Republican but as an National Union Party. The true blue Radical Republicans thought Lincoln too soft on the Rebs and select John C. Fremont as their boy.

They lost.

[Non-Sequitur]

The true blue Radical Republicans thought Lincoln too soft on the Rebs and select John C. Fremont as their boy.

So I guess Fremont was the one who got that odd 692 votes cast in the 1864 election, huh? 1864 Election Results

Are you sure you're not thinking of 1856?

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Lincoln"s second term was not elected as an Republican but as an National Union Party. The true blue Radical Republicans thought Lincoln too soft on the Rebs and select John C. Fremont as their boy.

And Lincoln's biggest mistake was not selecting a radical as VP. If a man of the quality of Fremont had succeeded him, the South would have had a better chance to become a prosperous and peaceful region.