The Failed New York Politicians of Old Remind Us History Does Repeat Itself

Remember when everyone was all fired up about a three-way New York presidential race? Oh, come on, it was some sort of ultra-ego fever dream that kept many a pundit and opinion monger stroking into the wee hours of the morning. Well, like a man who regrets those dirty indiscretions, everyone seems to have pushed those masturbatory machinations out of their mind. But Matt Levy, over at [Action Direction] blog, reminds us of other doomed presidential from New Yorkers when he writes about "a brilliant, doomed politician named Al Smith, nicknamed 'The Happy Warrior.'" Ready for a little New York history? [Here ya go.]