political history

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• 7/14/19
  

  5 Times Presidents Lost Big in the Midterms But Won (or nearly won) Reelection

  by Donne Levy

  While presidents have previously overcome midterm election losses, Trump isn’t following any of the previously established paths to rebound and win reelection. 

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• 7/14/19
  

  Mary Jo Kopechne’s Legacy

  by William C. Kashatus

  This weeks marks the 50th anniversary of the night Senator Edward M. Kennedy drove his black Oldsmobile off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island. His 28-year-old passenger was killed in the accident.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  7/10/19
  

  Democrats’ Ominous Shift on School Segregation

  by Brett Gadsden

  It’s not just Joe Biden—the party has backed away from its commitment to fighting segregation in the public schools.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  7/4/19
  

  The Fourth of July Has Always Been Political

  by David Waldstreicher

  The question is which vision of America it’s being used to advance.

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• SOURCE: Time
  7/9/19
  

  How Ross Perot Changed Political Campaigns

  Ross Perot, the self-made Texas billionaire and one of the most successful third-party presidential candidates in U.S. history, died on Tuesday. He was 89.

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• 7/9/19
  

  The 2020 Election Presents a Unique Opportunity to Elect a “New Generation of Leadership”

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  Promoting change and uniqueness in political leadership could result in higher voter turnout and potentially would enhance efforts to address the challenges of the 21st century.

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• 7/3/19
  

  Gerrymandering presented a ‘political question doctrine’ deemed outside Supreme Court jurisdiction

  by Lackland H. Bloom, Jr.

  “After five decades of searching for a standard, Chief Justice Roberts was finally able to assemble a majority that concluded ‘enough is enough.’ There is no judicially manageable standard here. This is a non-justiciable political question.”

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/25/19
  

  Abraham Lincoln’s Leap From a Window, and 4 Other Ways Lawmakers Have Fled Votes

  Republican state senators in Oregon have disappeared this month in an attempt to block a vote on climate change legislation. Minority parties have resorted to similar stunts for generations. One sure result: More division.

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• SOURCE: WUSA9
  6/23/19
  

  What not to do at presidential debates: The biggest gaffes in history

  With the debates getting underway on Wednesday, take a look back at some of the biggest gaffes in debate history.

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• 6/23/19
  

  How Estes and Ike Transformed the New Hampshire Primary – And How JFK Defined It

  by Patrick Lacroix

  The New Hampshire primary isn't just important because it's the first presidential primary. 

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• 6/23/19
  

  Weaponizing Nicknames, From Earl Long to Donald Trump

  by Ron Faucheux

  The tactic of nicknaming political opposition has survived the modern age of electronic media. Donald Trump is the new master of the game––delighting supporters, mortifying adversaries. 

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• SOURCE: OUPBlog
  6/14/19
  

  The impeachment illusion

  by Donald A. Ritchie

  What is clear from the record is that politically-motivated impeachments fail. Only in cases where malfeasance has become overwhelmingly obvious to members of both parties in the House will there be any chance of conviction in the Senate, raising the question: is a losing effort worth the trouble?

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• SOURCE: Texas Perspectives
  6/10/19
  

  Voter Restrictions Have Deep History in Texas

  by Laurie B. Green

  Texas’ speedy ratification of the 19th Amendment represents a beacon for women’s political power in the U.S., but a critical assessment of the process it took to win it tells us far more about today’s political atmosphere and cautions us to compare the marketing of voting rights laws with their actual implications.

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• 5/21/19
  

  All the President’s Humility: What We Can Learn From Young George Washington

  by Peter Stark

  It took Washington many years to metamorphose from self-centered, impetuous young man burning with ambition to gain personal “honor” into a steady, selfless, seemingly unflappable leader.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/6/19
  

  The myths behind the push to resurrect child labor

  by Oenone Kubie

  Why is there a significant push to resurrect child labor. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  5/6/19
  

  The Coming Generation War

  by Niall Ferguson and Eyck Freymann

  The Democrats are rapidly becoming the party of the young—and the consequences could be profound.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  5/2/19
  

  Unethical, even illegal campaign tactics are an American tradition

  by Steffen W. Schmidt

  Since the earliest years of the republic, candidates have used deceptive, underhanded and dubiously legal tactics to discredit their opponents.

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• 5/1/19
  

  Sidney Blumenthal on Abraham Lincoln and Why History Always Matters

  To celebrate the History News Network's arrival at the George Washington University, HNN hosted "Why History Always Matters." As part of the event, HNN Editor Kyla Sommers interviewed Mr. Blumenthal on the importance of history and his 5-part biography of Abraham Lincoln.

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• 4/30/19
  

  6 Presidents Who Never Lost an Election

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  Of America’s 44 presidents, only six have won every election they have contested. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/29/19
  

  Can Bill Weld unseat Trump? Let’s look at the history of challenges to incumbent presidents.

  Unseating a president from his own party isn’t easy.