presidential campaigns

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• SOURCE: Made by History at The Washington Post
  10/28/2020
  

  It Shouldn’t Surprise Us To See A President Down In The Polls Lash Out

  by Robert Fleegler

  George H.W. Bush was no Donald Trump as his behavior was practically polite by comparison. But facing the loss of the world’s most powerful office can lead one to engage in more extreme rhetoric and behavior. 

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• SOURCE: Politico
  10/18/2020
  

  Former Democratic power broker James A. Johnson dies at 76

  James Johnson's business, policy and philanthropy resume led a colleague to call him "the chairman of the universe." 

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• 9/20/2020
  

  Dirty Politics, Then and Now

  by George Herring

  Political mudslinging by presidential surrogates is nothing new. But Trump digs in personally to his social media smears in a way that is unprecedented and degrading to the office and the nation.

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• 8/23/2020
  

  Can Biden Win the Presidency from His Basement?

  by Quentin Janel

  Joe Biden's efforts to run an effective campaign under COVID lockdown echo the innovations forced on James Garfield. If Biden succeeds, the "Basement Campaign" may prove as influential as the "Front Porch Campaign" of 1880.

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• 10-7-13
  

  Seven Lessons for Presidential Aspirants from JFK

  by John T. Shaw

  JFK's presidential run in 1960 could be a blueprint for a score of Democrats in 2016.