LIFE: Kennedy-Nixon debates
With the first of the critical Obama-Romney debates on the horizon, LIFE.com recalls another series of head-to-head match-ups -- the legendary Kennedy-Nixon debates in the fall of 1960 -- in photos that capture the look and the feel of a contest often cited as the first "modern" presidential campaign.
- Mon, Oct 1, 2012
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