Whole Lotta Lincoln

(Newsweek) - John McCain calls the Republican Party the "party of Lincoln." Hillary Clinton asked for Lincoln-Douglas-style debates with no moderator. Barack Obama announced his presidential candidacy while standing before the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., where Abraham Lincoln delivered his 1858 "House Divided" speech against slavery.
The 16th president is more popular than ever with politicians—and with everyone else. And that's before all the hoopla begins around his birthday bicentennial on Feb. 12, 2009. Continued