The Post-Election Election In 1990 a new political theory began being argued. It was based upon the idea that elections had become "supplanted by other forms of political conflict between contending interests". The 2000 election was the first true fit to this new theory. The post-el...

During his time in office, President George W. Bush has led the American people through trials and hardships unseen since Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency: An attack on American soil. Through his devotion to the safety of America in the War on Terrorism, as well as his attention to key do...

In 1993, when Bill Clinton decided to invite a poet to read at his first inauguration ceremony – for the first time since John F. Kennedy invited Robert Frost in 1961 – he chose fellow Arkansas native Maya Angelou to write a poem celebrating the new beginning of his first presidenc...

Maureen Dowd discusses the 2008 race for the Democratic nominee in terms of race and gender. For the first time in the history of the United States, the Democratic Party--any party for that matter--is choosing between a woman and an African-American on the ballot. The contest can reveal a lot about...

QUEST FOR FREEDOM AND EQUALITY BY : MR_JoNES^ Very few of the presidents of the United States have been responsive to the African American quest for freedom and equality. Some of them in fact, have been rather hostile. An example would be when President Andrew Jackson vetoed civil rights legisla...

Already at the beginning, the tension mounts. The format is that they are to have a descent conversation. Neither one of them can talk over two minutes at a time. They start the debate with the big question of; What will you do with the single most powerful country in the world? Not only did Bu...

Michelle Tilly Political Science 101 Thursday December 6, 2001 The Election of 2000 Bill Clinton, as a president was a major paradox in and of himself. People loved him, yet they hated him. Americans, as a whole loved the prosperity, and capitalist growth that was brought by Clint...