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The Obama and McCain Health Care Reform Plans

remainder in expanded Health Savings Accounts" (Straight talk, 2008). As for the currently uninsured, McCains plan is to work with...

Comparative Analysis of the Economic and Business Plans of Barack Obama and John McCain

Plethora of Plans, 2008). In terms of specifics, Obama has offered greater detail about where he would increase taxes than has be...

Ageism and the 2008 Presidential Elections

differing by only around a decade or so. Grover Cleveland was President in 1908 and he was 47 years old (Scholastic.com). William ...

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...

Truman Proclamation/Continental Shelf

over activities off its shores," which pertain to the utilization of these resources (Truman). Having laid out the rationale for...

AMERICAN HISTORY: AN OVERVIEW

having to serve it. These days, of course, television is very much ensconced in the fabric of our lives, with most homes having at...

Hillary Clinton’s Health Care Proposal

reform is the American Health Choices Plan. In it she addresses costs and quality and hits on topics such as long term care, canc...

Margulies/Guantanamo

al Qahtani was held in intense isolation for months on end, to the point where he began to hallucinate; strip searched and made to...

Colin Powell and His Role in Foreign Policy Decision Making

retire from office as the countrys Secretary of State. Colin Powell rose through the military ranks during the latter half ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Political Analysis and the Machiavellian Archetype Tool

on how to interpret current political phenomena." Yet, in doing so, the creation of an archetype is quite helpful. In fact, Wolin ...

Running for the US Presidency

the two main parties are able to vote in these races (1996). In some states, non-registered members can vote too. In general, the ...

Personality of Democratic Presidential Candidate John F. Kerry

and dull, though Starr also classifies him as "thoughtful and substantive," someone who is patient with questions and comments as ...

Politics and the Influence of Radio During the Years 1920 to 1940

the airwaves these days. But for the times (and in examining the history), the radio rhetoric of the 1920s and 1930s was quite str...

Presidential Elections, Voting Patterns, and Civil Rights

of civil rights had something to do with the win. Boller puts it this way: "Truman...waged the kind of campaign, according to jour...

US Presidential Elections of 1920, 1940, and 1950 and the Role Global Issues Played

pledged to render the election a "solemn referendum" in respect to the Treaty and League of Nations in the hopes that the popular ...

1920 to 2000 US Presidential Elections and the Importance of the Home States of Vice Presidential Running Mates

Source: Data compiled in part from The 45 Vice Presidents web site. In other words, if the game is about the electoral vote, ...

2000 U.S. Presidential Election and the Electoral College

are serious questions in a very serious political situation - we are talking about the President of the United States, still refer...

Slavery and the Causes of the U.S. Civil War

Ordinance was one of the earliest reflections of the importance of the issue of slavery in this nation. There were many more refl...

Significant Events in American History between the late 1950s and 2002

in the world, the nation that had not been directly or severely attacked by a foreign enemy since its founding was attacked (The H...

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...

Process of Electing American Presidents

the Electoral Vote (which is formally ratified upon completion of the election). The problem is, however, that based on this syste...

Harry Truman and Bill Clinton on Health Care Reform

- his strategy was turned down. "Though Mr. Clinton promised a simple plan that would guarantee choice along with security, he de...

Presidential Primaries and the Media

documented facts and a combination of interest and intrigue. Substantiating this foundation of truth is only accomplished one way...

US Government's Separation of Powers

While England appears to be ruled by the Queen, it is actually a democracy. England has what is called a parliamentary democracy....

Electoral Process Advantages in U.S. Presidential Elections

the Constitution of the United States met in Philadelphia in 1787 for the constitutional convention they had already lived under a...

U.S. Government System's Legitimacy

and not establish mandatory arbitrary regulations which would deprive some citizens of their rights while affording additional rig...