The 2008 American Presidential Elections Nearly all American presidential elections can be seen as an historical event‚ but the elections on November 4 2008 were seen as even more important than ever before. In America there are two major political parties‚ the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain with 365 electoral votes to McCain’s 173. The 2008 elections were the first time an African American was elected president and the voter
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Supreme Court Justice: Clarence Thomas Clarence Thomas was sworn in to office on Wednesday‚ October 23‚ 1991 after he was accused by a woman named Anita Hill for sexual misconduct. After exploring the charges from Hill‚ the Judiciary Committee of the Legislature found no convincing evidence of proof in the allegations against Thomas. The Committee gave him no recommendation when reporting his nomination to Senate. The Senate voted 52 to 48 to the appointment of Thomas into the High Court. Since
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is undeniable that Presidential campaigns and elections is something that is never fun. The amount of money‚ time‚ effort‚ and hard work that goes into everything can make things very demanding. In addition‚ not knowing if you will be victorious makes things even worse. However‚ presidential elections can be very jaw-dropping; as is the case with our two candidates currently running against each other. Generally‚ I would venture to say that no one saw this coming. A presidential race between Trump
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The Role of Religion in Presidential Elections “The relationship between faith‚ reason‚ and fear sometimes resembles…rock‚ paper‚ scissors (45).” This is the opening sentence in chapter two of Al Gore’s book‚ The Assault on Reason. In this chapter Gore talks about how fear takes over reason‚ reason challenges faith‚ and eventually faith defeats fear. This is the way that our society worked when he wrote the book‚ and it has not changed for the better since then‚ although it has not necessarily
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Thomas Tsai Thomas Tsai is a freshman whom just started to go to Coast Community College. His family immigrated to America from China when he was young. In high school‚ his grades were not the best and he doesn’t do well in any classes except those classes that he like. When he was still in high school‚ he had two extracurricular activities which are Chinese Club and Future Business Leaders Club. He managed to graduate from high school and now he starting to go to college. Since then‚ he had been
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Neustadt: Presidential power In Brief Key Point: "Presidential power is the power to persuade." (11) Presidents are expected to do much more than their authority allows them to do. Persuasion and bargaining are the means that presidents use to influence policy. Not only do presidents need to bargain to influence other branches of government (particularly Congress)‚ but presidents also must bargain to influence the executive branch itself; cabinet secretaries‚ agency heads‚ and individual bureaucrats
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candidate from winning. In the 2000 presidential election of Bush V. Gore‚ many voters credited
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Damontay Fowler-Thomas Mrs. Lee Social Science September 24‚ 2013 Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are most renowned for their philosophical thoughts. John Locke and Thomas Hobbes were two main political philosophers during the seventeenth century. Hobbes is largely known for his writing of the “Leviathan”‚ and Locke for authoring "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding." Included in their essays‚ both men discuss the purpose and structure of government‚ natural law‚ and the characteristics
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Burr‚ Hamilton‚ and Jefferson‚ a character Analysis. Closely follows the lives of three of the United States greatest politicians as they struggle to create and maintain a new nation. In the appendix of the book the author‚ Roger Kennedy‚ explains how he shows sympathy for historical losers and often doubts some triumphs of winners in history books. So in this book‚ it’s obvious Mr. Kennedy shows a bias to Aaron Burr‚ a lesser-known founder. One such example of this is throughout the book Roger belittles
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Following a bench trial‚ Thomas Reese was convicted of conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute‚ in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec. 846 (1982) (count 1); possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine‚ in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec. 841(a)(1) (1982) (counts 7‚ 9‚ 13 and 15); aiding and abetting violations of 21 U.S.C. Sec. 841(a)(1) (1982) (counts 5 and 11); unlawful possession of a firearm‚ in violation of 18 U.S.C. app. Sec. 1202(a)(1) (1982) (counts 23 and 24); and
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