http://disqus.com/people/7257e0b8e613683d3d89c3a6656bd085/enTue, 23 Sep 2008 01:11:09 -0000http://washingtonindependent.disqus.com/obama_eyes_a_tar_heel_turnaround/#comment-2530135Jimmy Carter won the Presidency over incumbent Jerry Ford in the election of 1976. The 1972 election was between incumbent President Richard Nixon and Sen. George McGovern. In a sense the latter was the first "post-Watergate" election, as news of the burglary actually broke before the election but was not widely covered in the press and largely ignored by the public.PhilTue, 23 Sep 2008 01:11:09 -0000