Another example of politics without threats, name calling and innuendo among Republicans. The 1948 Presidential Election, although hotly contested and fought was, by today's standards, remarkably civil.

This debate, held on the eve of the Oregon Primary, on May 1, 1948 put Republican Presidential hopefuls Governor Thomas E. Dewey and Governor Harold Stassen discussing the subject: "Should The Communist Party In The U.S. Be outlawed?".

Taking the side of the affirmative was Harold Stassen and taking the side of the negative was Thomas Dewey. The debate lasted an hour and arguments were put forth, contested, rebutted and summed up.

Not a terse word, snide comment or character snipe was to be found in the entire hour.

How could that be?

Hear it for yourself.

Here is that debate, in its entirety, as broadcast over NBC Radio on May 17, 1948.

Since we're still in Primary season, I thought I would run this reminder of how the Presidential Horse race was run in previous years. This one, from 1960, features most all the prominent candidates ahead of the New York Primary, in March of 1960.

As part of their World In Perspective series, WIP Radio and anchor Mitchell Krauss offer a look at the candidate of 1960 - their differences and their positions.

In a half hour he covers a lot of territory.

And that's what went on in the polling place during the 1960 Presidential elections.

Continuing the backward look at Presidential elections past, we're taking a stop at the 1984 Democratic Primaries and this interview by Leslie Stahl with Democratic Presidential hopefuls Alan Cranston and Gary Hart on the eve of the New Hampshire Primary.

This broadcast of Face The Nation from February 27, 1984 covers a number of subjects, among them; Cranston's age (69 at the time), Jesse Jackson's slips-of-tongue, Gary Hart's 16% showing in Iowa and his surge in the polls before New Hampshire, Foreign Policy, Republicans in general - who will be left standing after Tuesday in particular.

Politics in 1984. 28 years and another planet later . . .