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'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...

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...

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...

'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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Its Opposition

the "loyal opposition" that he believed is needed in order for the two-party system to work best. He opposed FDR seemingly at eve...

Was the 2000 Presidential Election Stolen by George W. Bush?

term traditionally begins the first Monday in October, and so final opinions are issued in late June (Mears, 2002). Justices divid...

LBJ's Style of Leadership

Johnson entered hesitantly, he won the race (2003). During World War II, Johnson briefly did a stint in the Navy but returned to...

'Presidential' Edith Wilson

Petticoat Presidency? 2003). Edith Wilson was a woman who had grown up in a happy home, with protective parents who adored her (E...

'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...

Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency

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

LBJ and Clinton More Than Decades Apart

are pervaded with a sense of innocence violated" (pp. 6). In fact, in a pre-release review presented in The New Republic, Lane com...

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...

Government's Powers and its Three Divisions

branch. It can propose and make laws and it can pass laws with a two thirds vote even if the President vetoes a bill, but at first...

Presidential and Congress Balance of Power

snuff, the idea that the presidents role should be expanded goes against everything that the Founders intended. First, what did th...

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...

Comparisons Between Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush

have presided over rough economies. The poor economy, in fact, cost Bush Senior the 1992 election. According to experts, Bush Juni...

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. ...

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 ...

Presidency of Harry S. Truman

him because of his poor eyesight. However, Harry would have his chance at the onset of World War I. Despite his disappointments w...

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...

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 ...

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...