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A Biography of Wesley Clark

Clark went on to become a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University between August of 1966 and 1968, where he studied philosophy, politi...

Unemployment Rates and the Presidency

create new jobs, the Bush administration has "indelibly identified itself with the performance of the economy" (Beattie, 2003, p. ...

Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush

track of the actions and responsibilities of the other various aides. Additionally, these aides tend to be a type of rivalry with...

An Overview of Ronald Reagan's 1980 Climb to the Presidency

In this four page paper the writer ourlines the key elements that propelled Ronald Reagan to the U.S. presidency. Details are pro...

Effects of the Child Labor Act of 1916 on Woodrow Wilson's Presidency

unions had become large and powerful. In fact, Wilson ran on a progressive platform and so it would only seem natural that he woul...

Problems of the US Government's Executive Branch

thereabouts, things become problematic at times. There are other situations too that create havoc and when the president uses his ...

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 ...

Abraham Lincoln and Presidential Power

fact engaged in international political action and many believe that they did not consult Congress, as they should have. C...

The Student and Teacher Who Was Abraham Lincoln

ours to us" (Frost 90). Lincoln knew he was different from his contemporaries in both physical appearance and demeanor, but that ...

Assessment of Teddy Roosevelt's Presidency

or another somehow was able to get out of the war on a technicality. War records are important and Teddy Roosevelt was as fierce i...

Public and Political Bargaining in the Contemporary Presidency

of the presidential office, inasmuch as media influence is fundamentally based upon the element of perception. Contemporary presi...

Presidents and Congress

separate branches of the government: legislative, executive and judicial. With this framework in place, then, it was assured tha...

'Human Rights' Presidency of Jimmy Carter

In perhaps one of the most dramatic shows of foreign support of human rights, in 1980 President Jimmy Carter cancelled the America...

LBJ and Reconstruction

2000, p. 509). By 1877, these political aims were losing ground, paving the way for the return to the South of white domination (F...

Arizona Maverick Politician Sen. Barry M. Goldwater

Apologies, published in 1979, Goldwater observed that his run for the presidency in 1964"was like trying to stand up in a hammoc...

What You Should Know About Becoming President of the United States

one would need to be an ascending political star to capture the candidacy of a particular party. The Constitution apportions elec...

Economic Comparison of the Similarities Between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan

In five pages this paper examines how Ronald Reagan employed FDR's 1930s' Great Depression era New Deal type policies to cope with...

Bill Clinton and the Presidency

The ideals of justice, managing the economy, projecting a clear vision and agenda are examined in the presidency of Bill Clinton i...

'Checks and Balances' and Necessary Government Compromise

In five pages this paper discusses the presidency of George W. Bush and the conflicts that can result from government agendas at f...

A History of the U.S. Labor Movement from Presidents Richard Nixon to G.W. Bush

March 1970, for the first time in the history of the U.S. Postal Service, there was a walkout in Brooklyn which grew to include ov...

New Hampshire's Presidential Primary and its Importance

not try to mislead, the media sometimes does this. There are in fact people who do contend that the media has controlled many elec...

Relationship Between the Judiciary and Gerald Ford

or liberal justice can change the odds of Roe v. Wade being overturned, for example. While many presidents have had to make the im...

The Impact of FDR's Disability on the Presidency

of both his campaign and presidency so that the vast majority of his adoring constituency had no idea how severe his condition act...

Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency

was perhaps so impressive about Roosevelt is his willingness to introduce morality into the decision making process with which he ...

'Hidden Hand Presidency' of President Dwight Eisenhower and Current Agenda of President George W. Bush

II, but once in office, he showed traits of being politically indecisive, inarticulate, and bumbling. He was considered by his cri...

Ronald Reagan Biography

are many examples throughout his career of conflicts which transpired and his apparent effortless handling of them. The Life of ...

Rhetoric Theory Development and Richard Nixon

words were nothing more than vehicles of manipulation available for use at any whim, granting suggestion and persuasion with every...

Administration of President Bill Clinton

In nine pages this paper defines concepts of articulation, disjunction, and reconstruction in this consideration of the Clinton pr...

Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt

This paper considers the four term presidency of FDR in three pages. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Character of Presidents and How It Is Formed

In sixteen pages this paper discusses how time and circumstances are responsible for shaping the presidential character in a consi...