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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 ...

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...

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...

Biography of Bill Clinton

for a second term, but won the office again four years later. He was Governor of Arkansas when he ran for President in 1992, defe...

Politics and the 1960 Presidential Debates Between Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon

Its also interesting to note some other factors -- namely that with television reporters and commentators entranced by Kennedy, Ni...

Presidency's Power

is that much attention has been paid to the fact that Hillary Clinton seems to be positioning herself for the presidency. Just rec...

Presidential Inaugural Addresses and Their Importance

be our own" (Kennedy). 2. George w. Bush 2001 Inaugural In this address, George W. Bush begins much the same way as Kennedy as h...

Locked in the Cabinet by Robert Reich

more progressive and the extension of the Earned Income Tax would cover more of the working poor; however, without significant cut...

Parliament or President?

Parliamentary government evolved in Great Britain, and "is today practiced in most of Europe, the Caribbean, Canada, India, and ma...

Overview of the 1865 to 1877 Era of Reconstruction Following the U.S. Civil War

became tenants and landlords (Ruef and Fletcher, 2003). Slaves who escaped this fate were still unskilled and had to take jobs f...

Fictional First Person Narrative of Lee Harvey Oswald

admired, right? OK, then, here goes. First off, you have to understand that my life sucked. I know thats not an excuse because the...

Palestinian Election of 2006 and Hamas

choose to enter the 2006 elections? The answer lies in the history of the organization and the changing picture of politics in the...

U.S. Election of a President

above are really the only solid requirements. But, there are many others that seem to give a person a better chance at being a Pre...

Women's Rights in the Elections of Bahrain

to vote, or take part in the political process. To place this in a large context we have t remember the rights of women are genera...

Why Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany in 1933 Election

by Germany had been reduced which aided the economy and Germany was once again playing a role in international politics, being a m...

1997 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election

In eight pages this tightly contested New Jersey's governor's race and the victory of Christine Todd Whitman are analyzed with the...

Mayoral Elections and Racial Voting Polarization

In twelve pages this paper discusses racial polarization of voters in a consideration of mayoral races in U.S. states of Missouri,...

Supreme Court Justice Appointments and the 2000 Election

In five pages this report discusses how Presidents can influence constitutional law interpretation through Supreme Court justice a...

Overview of Gubernatorial Elections

In three pages this paper examines the governor's role in a consideration of candidates' desirable attributes and reelection conce...

Election of Congress Members and Public Policy

the greater good of society, they work to fund their next election. This is a topic that is not obscured and in fact the subject o...

Tyranny Protection and Democratic Elections

federal government -- the legislative and the judicial -- are constitutionally equal. Nonetheless, the president is almost always ...

Thomas Jefferson: Aristocracy, Education, Elections And Government

enough of these will find their way into every branch of the legislation, to protect themselves...I think the best remedy is exact...

The October 2007 Ontario Election: A View of Electoral Reform

C gets 4,000 votes, only 45 percent of the voting population elected the winner (FPTP, 2007). Supporters of the FPTP system m...

California's 2002 Gubernatorial Election

had gotten credit for reforms in education, but he is largely blamed for the states $24 billion deficit, as well as for the energ...

Presidential and Political Comparison of Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson

a government by the people. Eventually, Jefferson abandoned the Federalists and championed another party, that of the Democratic-...

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...

Post Second World War Presidential Assessment

He wanted to get the country moving again in terms of the economy and in other ways as well (Past Presidents: John F. Kennedy, 20...

How Specific Macro Systems Affect The Course Of One's Life

still harbor similar traits that reflect the inescapable impact of genetic tendency. As Harris (2002) points out, genes are respo...

Presidential Persuasion

status provide bargaining advantage. The U.S. has a government where there is a sharing of power (Neustadt, 2008). That is, there ...