Reduction in party cohesion, the surge in the power of Political Action Committees, and the new found necessity of gaining the Independent vote are 3 factors that have all led Presidential candidates to sever the political umbilical cord that has tied them to their parties for almost 2 centuries. ... The ultimate goal of most Presidential candidates these days no longer seems to be whether they actually out perform their opponent; but whether they can out promote. ... Independents account tens of millions of votes these days and it has become the new imperative of Presidential candidates to wi...

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The display of well thought-out Northern resistance to the Missouri compromise, made white males in the South became aware of the importance of politics and it power to protect their way of life. ... Universal white male suffrage ensured all whites in the country had the power to control their individual liberty. ... Prior to Jackson administration, political elections and presidential nominations were held privately by Congress. However, with the advent of Jacksonian Democrats, political elections and presidential nominations began to be held with all the pomp and circumstance of the time...

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Therefore, the majority of racial minorities voted Democratic presidential candidate Franklin D. ... After the civil rights era, President Nixon was known as introducing a "Southern strategy" to win the 1968 presidential election. ... These men hoped to discover the Democratic Party's campaign strategy for the presidential election that year. ... Southern, conservative non-partisan, and religious voters) in order to win presidential elections. ... This is also seen by President Reagan who presented proposals that mainly benefitted Caucasians in the 1980 presidential election. ...

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The Jacksonian Democrats during 1824 to 1840 succeeded in attacking and seeking out special privilege in American life, and much political power was given to the people. The Populists during 1890 to 1896 also attempted to attain power, but were not successful, due in part to ideas such as the "free silver" platform and racial controversy. ... They built on this idea and felt that the common people should have the power to directly govern themselves. ... Unfortunately, in the 1892 presidential election, the Populist nominee, General Weaver, failed to receive a large electoral majority. ......

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The history of American government starts several year before there was even an American government with a series of events mainly between the British colonies and Great Britain developing into problems that would cause a change of power to the colonists themselves. ... Presidential politics became national and very popular, and as a result it gave way to changes in the nomination process that gave more local control to the average voter by having national nominating conventions, and replacing the caucus system of the previous era. ... Jackson freely exercises his veto power against legislat...

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This leader is Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential candidate, and he is tirelessly working to pick up where Martin Luther King left off, only this time with the full power of the US Presidency. ... As mayor of Cleveland, he stood up to an attempted corporate takeover of the public power company. The power elites fought back by using Cleveland's banks to bankrupt the city, and Dennis lost his reelection bid. 15 years later people realized Dennis had saved them nearly $200 million, and elected him to State Senate and later to Congress. ...

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As the 2012 presidential elections come into sight, President Obama's decision to maintain an American role in NATO operations in Libya has widened the division between the Republicans and the Democrats. ... The administration replied that early in the conflict Obama possessed the power to initiate American participation in the hostilities without Congressional approval because the combat was of limited scope and duration (Steinhauer). ...

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Members of the presidential Electoral College were finally chosen in this manner as well; this meant that the common man, who had the power to indirectly elect the president, had far more power than he had previously possessed. ... Thus, presidential campaigns in 1828 were drastically adjusted to appeal to the common man. ... As a result, the presidential election became as much a popularity contest as anything else. ... Many of the Jacksonian ideals are very closely related to those of the Jeffersonians back when Thomas Jefferson was in power. ... Furthermore, many people that had previou...

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Obama argues that his plan falls under the commerce clause, which gives Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce. ... He also denounced presidential candidate Mitt Romney for being "a little out of touch" for opposing both the auto industry bailout and Obama's healthcare law. ...

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Rumson provides a very active campaign against Shepherd by humanizing Shepherd and making him seem like he does not live up to the values and prestige of the presidential office. ... While lobbyists and the President may try to put pressure on Congressmen, it is only they who get a vote (excluding the Presidential veto). ... Congressmen have the power to tell the President that unless he does something, such as adding a certain clause to a bill, he or she will not vote for that bill. ...

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This proves that the Patriot Act is clearly unconstitutional in that it gives authorities the power to invade and/or wiretap an individual's private living quarters for any reason at any given time without a warrant (as defined in the Sections mentioned above). ... Section 102 states clearly that any information gathering, regardless of whether or not those activities are illegal, can be considered to be terrorist intelligence activities for a foreign power. ... If the Bush administration is re-elected in the upcoming presidential election, our rights to privacy and freedom will be dimini...

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This proves that the Patriot Act is clearly unconstitutional in that it gives authorities the power to invade and/or wiretap an individual's private living quarters for any reason at any given time without a warrant (as defined in the Sections mentioned above). ... Section 102 states clearly that any information gathering, regardless of whether or not those activities are illegal, can be considered to be terrorist intelligence activities for a foreign power. ... If the Bush administration is re-elected in the upcoming presidential election, our rights to privacy and freedom will be dimini...

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They also called Obama's statements "propagandistic threats" that were aimed more for gaining favor in the upcoming presidential elections (Karam). ... The Syrian government has increasingly used their air power against the rebels, which has caused most of the civilian deaths. ... "The growing use of air power, particularly fixed-wing aircraft, raises the possibility of foreign intervention" (Karam). ...

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Howard Dean, The presidential candidate In the last few years, America has suffered a great economic downturn and terror threat. ... While we have considered multiple candidates, democrats and republicans as well, and after carefully reviewing the policies of the different candidates, we have decided to write about a democratic presidential candidate, Howard Dean. ... Dean says that, "we are the "indispensable power" for addressing so many of the challenges around the world-. ... Leadership in which our power is multiplied by the appeal of democratic ideals and by the knowledge that our co...

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America's first president, George Washington, assembled some of the finest political thinkers of the era in his group of advisers, often referred to as the presidential cabinet. ... Jefferson was joined by James Madison leading the Democrat-Republicans, who believed power was in the hands of the states. ... " Federalists, who were now out of power in the executive branch and a minority in the law-based branch, began to protest America's involvement. They created a set of orders in Hartford, Connecticut, which would have given more power to the outnumbered party, something they...

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Three goals of radical republicans were they wanted to prevent the leaders of the confederacy from returning to power after the war, they wanted the republican party to become a formidable institution in the south, and they wanted the federal government to help African Americans achieve political equality by guaranteeing their rights to vote in the south. ... Unfortunately, the relatively radical program was not accompanied by anything systematic in the way of social and economic welfare; thus the Negro had the vote before he had either the education or economic power that would enable him to ...

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While the reforms had the desired effect of lessening the administrative power of the president it did so by making political institutions more bureaucratic. ... He claimed that according to the Constitution, the power to declare war is not in the hands of the President but in those of Congress. ... This assault on the national government was carried out to protect the power of local communities. ... Their goal was to reduce the power and influence of political organizations and instead they favored a national administrative power. ... As a possible solution to this dilemma Milkis proposes t...

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Even during the Presidential Election of 2012, Republican candidates Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul sparred over the legality and benefits of the law, demonstrating how the debate continues into the present. ... Realistically, this is in direct contrast to the findings of Power (2002), whose work on the establishment of international institutions is far dated from the modern world. In reality, Power is writing about an era in which states has to be coerced through international cooperation to confront injustices such as genocide. ... After all, as the work of Power (2002) and Wilson (2005) demonst...

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From 1836-1877 a loosely powered Presidential reconstruction of the Southern states existed while eventually a stricter more involved program by the Congress redeemed the southern states. ... This being considered the Slave Power Conspiracy that was addressed by Lincoln, he noted that the party had Democratic ideals while expressing northern hatred against the South's political sphere. ...

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President Bush and his administration were faced with the most difficult challenge ever placed upon a presidential cabinet and that was determining what the first step would be in counteracting terrorist aggression against the United States of America and preventing such attacks from happening again. ... The United States is without a doubt the most productive and most economically advanced country in the world and is known as a "Super Power" across the globe. Even though this may be true we are still susceptible to terrorist attacks and we were caught up in our own illusion that just becaus...

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Schlesinger found the essence of American politics was "in an enduring contest between the business class, conservative, and those who have sought to restrain its power, liberal. ... The Jacksonians react to the threat that the rich and powerful stand to inherit all the wealth and power, so the Jacksonians represent the "humble" and "honest" laborers who, Schlesinger suggests, stand to lose their political equality. ... From this particular excerpt Edward Pessen seems crude; however Pessen too makes an equally valid point on Jacksonian presidential era. ...

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They struck at the excessive power of corporate wealth by regulating railroads and utilities, restricting lobbying, limiting monopoly, and raising corporate taxes. ... Foremost among them was the Sub-treasury Land and Loan System, which redesigned American banking and proposed a restructured monetary system that would fundamentally alter the power relationships between bankers and everyone else. ... The new party polled over a million votes in its initial campaign in 1892, made sizable gains in 1894, and then joined with the free-silver wing of the Democratic Party to support William Jennings ...

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While President Obama readily justifies interference in Syria on grounds that there is a moral obligation to help innocent people, a realist would argue that instead of focusing on the humanitarian side of the crisis, he instead needs to be focused on two main goals: maintaining the United States' global power and defending the nation from terrorism. ... Because Realists perceive power to be a limited resource, through empty words and inaction, the United States weakens its own global influence while simultaneously strengthening that of the Syrian regime. ... However, these differing sets...

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This use of force was made possible due to section five of the Fourteenth Amendment that allowed Congress to "have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of the Amendment. ... Taking power out of the hands of the State governments was exactly what then President Ulysses S. Grant wanted and made clear by stating that "the power to correct [the] evils [of the Klan are] beyond the control of the State authorities. ...

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He established many economic policies through his New Deal, which gave government power over industry. ... " It was because Herbert Hoover, a Republican president, did not fulfill his presidential duties to serve the American people. ...

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