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Andrew Burstein is the Charles P. Manship Professor of History at Louisiana State University and coauthor with Nancy Isenberg of Madison and Jefferson.  His latest book is Democracy’s Muse: How Thomas Jefferson Became an FDR Liberal, a Reagan Republican, and a Tea Party Fanatic, All the While Being Dead.

James Madison and Rick Santorum (Wikipedia/Reuters/Rick Wilking)

Santorum mangles the Founding Fathers

Nancy Isenberg, Andrew Burstein
Will the prayers of Iowa voters be answered? (Reuters/Daniel Acker)

The trouble with “values voters”

Nancy Isenberg, Andrew Burstein
Jerry Sandusky and Alexander Hamilton (AP/LOC)

Less than a few good men

Nancy Isenberg, Andrew Burstein
Former president James Madison and President Barack Obama

An unlikely role model for Obama

Nancy Isenberg, Andrew Burstein
Sarah Palin and Paul Revere

Sarah Palin’s vacation from history

Nancy Isenberg, Andrew Burstein
In this image released by the White House, President Barack Obama makes a point during one in a series of meetings in the Situation Room of the White House discussing the mission against Osama bin Laden, Sunday, May 1, 2011. National Security Adviser Tom Donilon is pictured at right. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza) (AP)

Is Obama “American” enough for the far right now?

Nancy Isenberg, Andrew Burstein
People gather at the Capitol for a "Remember in November" rally to express opposition to government spending, particularly bailouts and economic policies backed by President Obama and Democrats in Congress, in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (J. Scott Applewhite)

What they really mean by “American exceptionalism”

Nancy Isenberg, Andrew Burstein
James Madison and Peter King

James Madison would be horrified by Peter King

Nancy Isenberg, Andrew Burstein
D.W. Griffith's 1915 film "The Birth of a Nation" featured a character very similar to Nathan Bedford Forrest

Still lying about history

Nancy Isenberg, Andrew Burstein
Michele Bachmann claimed last week that Gore Vidal's novel "Burr" turned her against the Democratic Party

What Michele Bachmann doesn’t know about history

Nancy Isenberg, Andrew Burstein
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