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...
In terms of messages sent out to the constituents, the Republican Bachmann has been often accused of not having a clear-cut complex line of candidacy. More precisely, this aspect is in line with the issues mentioned above in terms of momentum. In t Continue Reading...
Atzerodt also made a statement claiming knowledge of a Confederate plot to bomb the White House. The Union's failed raid on Richmond was also approved by Lincoln, and it was later believed that he ordered the death of Jeff Davis in a strategy to end 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...
In 1837, Lincoln took highly controversial position that foreshadowed his future political path. He joined with five other legislators out of eighty-three to oppose a resolution condemning abolitionists. In 1838, he responded to the death of the Il Continue Reading...
Suggestions of Bill's past infidelity, used to attack Hillary, would imply that Hillary was somehow responsible for her husband's indiscretions. That would hearken back to old gender-roles, which made women responsible for the family and the caretak Continue Reading...
President Biden and What He Must Accomplish Abstract President Joe Biden faces a difficult challenge of uniting a nation that has never before been more divided. To pull it off, it is crucial that he select the right members for his Cabinet.& Continue Reading...
Richard M. Nixon: The Transformation from Disgraced President to Senior Statesman have chosen a plan for peace for Vietnam. I believe it will succeed. If it does succeed, what the critics say now won't matter. If it does not succeed, anything I say t Continue Reading...
Christian Coalition in the Religious Right Explaining the Role of the Christian Coalition The role of the Christian Coalition (CC) during the latter half of the 20th century was to rebuild the Religious Right (RR) movement into a permanent grass r Continue Reading...
Grant possessed in superb degree the ability to think of the war in overall terms, however his grand plan of operations that ended the war was at least partly Lincoln's in concept (Williams). Grant conformed his strategy to Lincoln's known ideas: "h Continue Reading...
Mary Todd Lincoln: Public Perceptions as First Lady Synopsis of Mary Todd Lincoln's Life Mary Ann Todd was born on December 13, 1818, in Lexington, Kentucky. She was one of seven children born to Robert S. Todd and his wife, Eliza Parker Todd - pr Continue Reading...
It was plainly obstruction of justice, and Al Haig knew it immediately. It must also be noted, however, that, as the president tried to cover his tracks, Al Haig was given orders by Nixon to help him do it. In that capacity, for instance, Haig help Continue Reading...
Democratic and Republican parties have been able to maintain their strength and their membership numbers since the Civil War for both structural and ideological reasons. The ideological reasons are the most obvious to an observer and to many members Continue Reading...
Some big endorsements have gone Mitt Romney's way, from an early endorsement from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, to several endorsements from other republican governors around the country. Big names like Donald Trump have also recently endorse Continue Reading...
In this regard, throughout American history, the political pundits have argued about who was going to be the next president and why, but one of the foremost factors that has not been included in their analysis has been gender and race. Indeed, to da Continue Reading...
U.S. President James Buchanan James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States (James Buchanan, n.d.), was born on April 23, 1791 in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania (BUCHANAN, James, (1791-1868), n.d.). He moved when he was five to Mercersburg, Penns Continue Reading...
American President Biography Generally considered to be the greatest president of the United States, who freed four million slaves and saved the nation after leading the Union to victory in the Civil War of 1861-65, Abraham Lincoln was born in Kent Continue Reading...
When taking office, financial industry of America was in chaos. Economy was in its worst contraction, values of housing were plummeting and credit cards were frozen plus other external forces like Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Nevertheless, there Continue Reading...
2008 Primaries All the pre-primary polling in 2006 and 2007 showed that the nomination was Hillary Clinton's to lose, since she usually led Barack Obama by over twenty points, and even by 51% to 21% in one 2007 Gallup poll. At that time, 82% of Demo Continue Reading...
Presidential elections in the U.S.A. The United States Presidential election that was held on 6th November, 2012 was the 57th in the United States history. Such elections are held after every four years. The Democratic Party nominee was President Ba Continue Reading...
Under Reno's direction, on April 22, 2000, under the scrutiny of national and international media and news cameras: "Armed INS officers entered the home (where the child had been living with close relatives) before dawn and within three minutes car Continue Reading...
President be Allowed to Appoint a New Supreme Court Justice? The current president should be allowed to appoint a new Supreme Court Justice. The Constitution of the United States of America, Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution, vests in the p Continue Reading...
In fact, the Senate in general is more strongly in favor of expanding federal funding for stem cell research. If the current bill passes in the House of Representatives, it will likely not receive the two-thirds majority that would permit an overtur Continue Reading...
" Her close attention to statutory detail (she once offered an amendment to a bill in order to insert an important missing comma) and complete mastery of facts is especially notable in light of her future judicial methodology. Anxious to return to la Continue Reading...
Nixon's election indicated a shift to the right in American politics that would remain in place for most of the next twenty-five years. The success of the third-party candidacy of George Wallace also indicated that there was lingering racism in Amer Continue Reading...
America’s Transition from President Trump to President Biden Abstract The 2020 U.S. Presidential election may have been the most contentious election in American history. While President-elect Joseph Biden was the decided winner, with a Continue Reading...
A primary is another system of electing delegates with a mandate to vote for a given candidate. Unlike caucuses, primaries are votes conducted by the government on behalf of the political party. This vote can be open, closed, semi-closed or semi-op Continue Reading...
"[footnoteRef:9] [9: (Hamby)] Again, however, Perry's mission in Florida was multi-pronged. Aside from the debate and a chance to discuss the issues, Florida presented Perry with an opportunity to impress potential campaign donors. It was predicted, Continue Reading...
" [footnoteRef:9] This wide rift in ideologies considerably weakened the Republican Party to crisis proportions.[footnoteRef:10] in the 1952 Republican primaries, the "Old Guard" was represented by Senator Robert a. Taft while the moderates were repr Continue Reading...
Conservative American Presidents The purpose of this paper is to introduce and discuss the return to conservatism in the American presidency after the 1980s. It will compare the similarities to earlier periods in the 19th and 20th century, and discu Continue Reading...
(e) MacArthur was a control freak and he hated the press; to the suggestion that he was implementing a socialist economy in Japan, he was outraged (Buhite, 2008). (f) When reporters did not write what he wanted while he was in Japan, he had them 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...
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...
Third Parties The founding fathers of the United States were initially opposed to the formation of political parties considering them as "quarreling factions" that would hinder the public from freely judging issues on merit. The complex structure of Continue Reading...
Leader Analysis: Abraham LincolnBackgroundAbraham Lincoln came from humble origins: he was not born into a wealthy aristocratic family like so many of this nations presidents. Rather, he was born on a Kentucky farm in 1809, and was largely self-educa Continue Reading...
Ronald Reagan and the Berlin Wall More than any other single person, President Ronald Reagan was responsible for the destruction of the Berlin wall and the defeat of Communism. It was his policies as President of the United States (U.S.) that led to Continue Reading...
Next, Colbert skewers Donald Trump. In his role as a conservative newscaster, Colbert begins with feigned outrage that Trump is not running "Who is going to tell OPEC the fun is over?" he cries when Trump is shown making his announcement that he is Continue Reading...
Division of Political Power in New York City Since World War II The Late 1940's and 1950's and Wagner The 1960's and Lindsay The 1970's and Financial Crisis The 1980's and Koch The 1990's to 2001 and Guiliani Success in New York City politics i Continue Reading...
Donald Trump: A Controversial Figure in American Politics Introduction Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, has undoubtedly left a lasting impact on the political landscape of the nation. Known for his bombastic personality and un Continue Reading...
nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth century was a time of hardship for many Americans, and a time of extreme injustice for several groups, as well. African-Americans were strictly segregated and subjected to institutional racism b Continue Reading...
