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Hypothetical Debate Between Presidential Candidates Socrates and Henry David Thoreau

best and brightest citizens." After the candidates shake hands, the moderator presented the first topic for debate, that of taxat...

2000 Presidential Election and the Case of Bush v. Gore

Because winning the state of Florida at that point of the game would determine who the next president would be, it was clearly a t...

Robert Remini's Andrew Jackson

seems as though no action, no movement, could take place without a caucus being involved. This is perhaps where Jackson made th...

Presidential Character of George W. Bush

Texas), he has not made any grand innovations, in many cases, in fact, he failed at much of what he attempted. But instead of tryi...

A New Type of American Voting System

election officials; the fact that every election year millions of American citizens are effectively disqualified from the voting b...

Progressivism and Liberalism

fact that the need exists for an even more determinant of limitations when it comes to the intersection of society and the individ...

America's Greatest President Abraham Lincoln

He loved this country and its people, and truly was inspired by what he believed to be just and right for the country. Because of...

Improving America's Democratic Government

in society and in the courts. The failure to do so has allowed injustices and inequities that have persisted since the founding t...

Zachary Taylor v Lewis Cass

was what Tatalovich (2010) calls a "blank slate" candidate, a candidate that could win the hearts of the electorate because he was...

Drill Baby, Drill...Still?

In the 2008 Presidential campaign, Sarah Palin flippantly outlined her proposal for getting...

U.S. Civil War and Styles of Reconstruction

how Presidential reconstruction was focused on rapid healing, and then discusses how Radical reconstruction was aimed at designing...

Lincoln and His Odd Cabinet

The writer discusses Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book “Team of Rivals,” which describes President Lincoln’s cabinet. It was unusual in ...

Presidential Performance as it Relates to Character

Barber makes one fact exceptionally clear. That is that the characters of the men who have held the office of the U.S. Presidency...

U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton's Domestic and Foreign Policies

White house and Congress were running in to state to their folks back home that they had supported Reagan from the beginning. Acco...

Presidential Pardon Uses in the U.S.

commenting upon how a pardon "carries an imputation of guilt; acceptance a confession of it" and Ex parte Garland contending that ...

Is There Too Little or Too Much Presidential Power?

first settlers made agreements to respect each others rights and not establish mandatory arbitrary regulations which would deprive...

Power, Karl Rove, and George W Bush

presidential candidates, but was himself subjected to the use of power by others. George W Bush was the son of George Bush, and ...

Clinton 'Fatigue' and the Presidential Campaign of Al Gore

a positive political atmosphere for Gore to succeed him (Wattenberg 164). Clinton saw Gores defeat as being intrinsically tied to ...

1964 Civil Rights Act

(1957), for example, argued that the basis for separation and discrimination was linked to the fact that employees did not want to...

Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky Scandal, the Media, and Public Opinion

media does not tell people outright what they should think; instead, the basis of spotlighting certain issues is to tell people wh...

Presidential Campaigns and Economic Issues

around monetary issues, there are often other issues such as those that concern social and moral well being. Today, hot campaign t...

19th Century Presidential Campaign Techniques and Tactics

about Jackson and Adams. One tactic that seemed to be used was to make it appear that the adversary was a man of poor character. ...

Powers of the President as Set Out in the Constitution

been significantly different. The slain presidents compelling fortitude would have all but represented the epitome of balanced pr...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Changes in the Executive Branch

insure a balance of power in regard to US Foreign policy in particular between the executive and legislative branches of governmen...

Essays on National Security and International Relations

going to manage it through the NSC then he will need to choose a "robust staff" almost immediately upon taking office.2 Worley als...

Obama vs. McCain on Healthcare and Taxes

his country. A two-time congressman and serving his fourth term as a Senator from Arizona, McCain has shed his maverick reputatio...

Significant Policies of Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama and Their Controversies

Hillary Clinton has lobbied tirelessly to provide all Americans with decent and affordable health insurance and was the chief arch...

Media Coverage of Sarah Palin

Research center noted that Obama was a "significant or dominant factor in 61% of the campaign stories from Sept. 8-14," but "for t...

Did Slavery and Slave Expansion Dominate the U.S. Presidency from 1830 to 1865?

slavery expand westward, which began to challenge "the territorial limits of slavery, the limits of federal power, and the limits ...

Healthcare Problems in America and the Proposed Solution of 2008 Presidential Candidates Barack Obama and John McCain

very different plans to prospective voters. Obamas healthcare plan focuses on expanding coverage to Americans that are presently ...