Abstract In what is shaping up to be the strangest election in United States history, the contest between the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Republican nominee, billionaire real estate developer Don Continue Reading...
Leadership United States had been involved with the world affairs from 18th century to the present and its most prominent role was during the pre-world war era and post-world war affairs of the world. Particularly when President Dwight Eisenhower a Continue Reading...
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF When considering the context of American history, 2012 was a year that saw many important anniversaries. One of these was the 100th anniversary of the critical U.S. Presidential Election of 1912. Some of the important Continue Reading...
Agenda-Setting and the Presidential Election: The agenda-setting function of mass media has largely been influenced by concerns regarding news coverage and the public's view about the significance of the stories covered by mass media. Consequently, Continue Reading...
S. such as providing affordable healthcare for all, paid for by raising taxes on the wealthy; making a sincere effort for energy independence, and generating more jobs while investing in renewable energy and conservation (Borosage and Heuvel). Ameri Continue Reading...
2012 Political Campaign Funds of Presidential Election Various reasons contribute to the usage of money by politicians during the campaign period. Some of them include conflict of interest whereby the politicians use their power to lure the public Continue Reading...
2012 Election Primary Factors Contributing to Obama's Victory in 2012 Presidential Election For some, the outcome of the 2012 U.S. presidential election was a foregone conclusion; incumbent presidents rarely lose their second election, and the chal Continue Reading...
Introduction Voter turnout in the United States changes from state to state. An excellent example to show how this variation occurs is the 2012 presidential election, where there were 45% voter turnout in Hawaiians and 76% Minnesotans. Many different Continue Reading...
In cases of treason accusations, the testimony of two additional parties, or an open court testimony of the defendant is required: "No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confes Continue Reading...
Fresia's contention that the United States failed to live up to its revolutionary democratic promise and instead was captured by the powerful plutocratic elite has appeal, it oversimplifies the process by which the elite take and retain control over Continue Reading...
Assassination of JFK Why is your chosen turning point actually a turning point and not just another event? One of the most commonly analyzed and a questionable event in the history of the U.S., the assassination of JFK was a real turning point. The Continue Reading...
South Korea and United States When Japan lost control over Republic of Korea (ROK) at the end of the World War II, the Soviet Union along with the United States split the Peninsula into two territories, as they promised for national elections which Continue Reading...
Hurston and Hughes The United States has a history of racist policies towards African-Americans and other minorities. The predominant ruling class of this country has always been wealthy white Christian men. In order to sustain this position of powe Continue Reading...
American politics have always been a hotbed of debate. Just how far politicians are willing to go in the quest to win has revolved around the type of campaign that the participants have taken part in. If the campaign is "clean" the opponents stick to Continue Reading...
Internet Voting in the U.S. At least in the last decade, the use of the internet has become a part of the daily schedule of the 90% majority who go online at least daily, 2/3 at least 10 hours a week and 1/3 at least 20 hours a week (Davis 2000), mo Continue Reading...
Rick Santorum's official campaign put out the next ad, entitled Obama Ville. It was released on March 23, 2012. It creates the image of empty American towns in 2 years, and uses very dark imagery and almost horror-genre like angst. The images of th Continue Reading...
Obamacare When campaigning for the presidential elections to be held in 2008, the two forefront candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain both announced that they wished for a health reform to be made for the welfare of the American people. It was pl Continue Reading...
jury system currently in the United States in terms of fairness and justice. In the world of excellence and valid legality, the legal system would donate a genuine and wide procedure via which a defendant's inherent and conscious deliberation towar Continue Reading...
Mass Media and Congressional Campaigns in U.S. This is a study on the mass media principles and how they are used in congressional campaigns in the U.S. It has 12 sources. In view of the strong economic-based relationship that exists between the co Continue Reading...
GOVERNMENT Government: US ConstitutionState laws cannot conflict with the Constitution, which is a constraint for state laws. It is so because if the conflict occurs, federal law shifts the state law under the Supremacy clause of the Constitution (Co Continue Reading...
This as an important moment in the history of the Cold War because it marked the start of a new series of talks between the Palestinians and the Israeli side. This moment also proved the importance of the State Secretary in relation to the issues of Continue Reading...
The international community can obviously respond by seeking to marginalize the Taliban and similar movements as extremists. However, it has become clear following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that western governm Continue Reading...
Andrew Jackson's war Second Bank United States. Be include key people, events, Andrew Jackson's conflict with the Second Bank of the United States represented a crucial time period in American history. In order to best elucidate the cause of the co Continue Reading...
Senate of the United States Congress, three members have had a combined tenure of nearly a century: Senator Strom Thurmond from South Carolina, Senator Robert Byrd from West Virginia, and representing Massachusetts- Senator Edward Kennedy. The form Continue Reading...
Society is generally inclined to promote values that they consider noble, in some cases people actually upholding these respective ideas without having a complex understanding of them. Presidential elections have always been subjective and this influ Continue Reading...
If forcing females to bear children is something that you care strongly about, then the McCain/Palin ticket is for you. If the status quo is what you want, if you believe that America is on the right track, then vote McCain/Palin. If, however, you Continue Reading...
2nd Amendment to U.S. Constitution Laws regarding the use and safety of weapons in the United States date back to 1837, when Georgia's ban on handguns was ruled unconstitutional. Subsequent legislation has been scrutinized by courts -- including th Continue Reading...
Space Program When the Soviets successfully launched Sputnik I, the first ever artificial satellite, in orbit on October 4, 1957, the event took the Americans and the entire western world by surprise. Sputnik I was just a 2-foot sphere with nothing Continue Reading...
He seems to draw easy causal connections between policy and personality that deny the exterior circumstances of history. For example, he suggests that Hoover's rigid personality made him unable to accept changes in classical economic theory during t Continue Reading...
S. interests in that part of the world. Then, on January 17, 1991, the U.S. launched the first attack, with more than 4,000 bombing runs. After 100 hours, Bush called off the offensive, saying he wanted to minimize U.S. casualties. Though Bush was c Continue Reading...
Presidential Campaign The current political campaign has been met with great controversy and division amongst the American People. On the one hand, we have an incumbent president that has led the country through the most tragic time in our history. Continue Reading...
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS (1.5 pages requested) My fellow Americans, the past two years have been tremendously challenging for all of us, as well as for me personally as your president. Tonight, I feel that I have to address a specific problem that has e Continue Reading...
In this sense, the mission's objective were "to verify respect for human rights as laid down in the Haitian Constitution and in the international instruments to which Haiti is a party, in particular, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Continue Reading...
Tracy Flick, a preppy overachiever, is running unopposed for student council president. Mr. M, the faculty advisor, distains Tracy and has decided she needs an opponent. Mr. M talks Paul, the injured quarterback, into running - to go for the glory o Continue Reading...
A candidate is "dumb" or, possibly, "dumber" than his opponent. The assassination of a Basque politician by the Basque separatist group ETA on the very eve of the election, March 7th, threatened to again confound public opinion of the relative meri Continue Reading...
Leadership Styles In many ways the United States offer the ideal case study for examining different leadership styles, because its particular process of election and governance presents opportunities for each leadership style to flourish. In short, Continue Reading...
