n the American dream because I have seen it come true in my own life. With faith in America, with faith in her ideals and in her people I accept her nomination for President of the United States."[54] He chose former Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. as his running mate.[44] His Democratic opponent was John F. Kennedy, and the race remained close for the duration.[55] Nixon campaigned on his experience, but Kennedy called for new blood and claimed the Eisenhower-Nixon administration allowed the Soviet Union to overtake the U.S. in ballistic missiles (the "missile gap"). Kennedy told voters it was time to "get the country moving again."[56] In the midst of the campaign, Nixon advocated stimulative tax cuts in what would become one of the core tenets of the supply-side theory of economics.[57] He also presented a plan for economic growth and deficit red
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