After Johnson announced that he would not accept or seek another Presidential nomination from his party, this left the field open for two people, Nixon and Robert Kennedy. ... Hubert Humphrey would win the Democratic vote at the convention and would be the representative of the Democratic Party for the election of 1968. This might have been the only good thing to come out of the Democratic National Convention that year. ... However, he didn't take the war very easily, he fought very hard to show that the war had to be fought in order to stop the spread of communism and ensure a demo...

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Boarding their plane as quickly as possible after the debate, Kennedy and his campaign party flew to Michigan, where he was scheduled to speak briefly at the university at Ann Arbor. It was about 2:00 AM, the night was clear and mild and somewhat to the campaign party's surprise, a very large turnout of students, estimated at ten thousand, had waited up for the senator. ... In doing so the volunteers will somehow influence the people they are working with towards democratic theologies whether intentionally or not- (Montanye), which is not exactly supporting the idea of Kennedy. ... Som...

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Kennedy usually backed bills sponsored by his party but would sometimes show independence by voting with the Republicans. ... Despite Kennedy's wavering within his own party platform, John F. ... Kennedy wanted the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination, and almost as soon as the 1956 election was over, he began working toward it. Kennedy announced his candidacy early in 1960 and by the time the Democratic National Convention opened in July, had won seven primary victories. ...

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His campaign strategies were to unite the Republican party and he appealing to voters in border, southern, and western states by enunciating conservative policies that distinguished the GOP from the liberalism of the Democrats and the more conservative views of the American Independent party. ... George Wallace of Alabama, candidate for the American Independent party. ... Later the Soviet party leader Leonid Brezhnev visited the United States and him and Nixon signed a nuclear nonaggressive pact and several agreements in science, transportation, and culture. ... It consisted of the ...

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Palmer explains: "Castro, first secretary of the Cuban Communist party, the only party permitted, ruled as a dictator. ... In 1961, in response to fleeing citizens, the Soviets constructed the Berlin Wall, physically splitting the democratic West Berlin and the Communist East Berlin. ...

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The Democratic candidate, Senator Kennedy from Massachusetts, and Vice President Nixon both agreed on the televised debates. ... He showed that with the Democratic platform would spend eighteen billion more dollars a year than what was currently being spent. ... Then in reference to the first debate when Nixon said that the Democratic platform, Kennedy's platform, would spend at least 10 billion dollars, the question was asked of Kennedy to state why Nixon was false in his accusations. ...

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He became a democratic leader during a military overthrow after a period of violent political unrest. ... Fidel was not a member of any party but he was eager to create a personal reputation as fast as possible. ... In October of 1961, he announced to his people and the world during a television talk show that his political party would now have a Marxist-Leninist revolutionary program adjusted to the precise objective conditions of Cuba. ...

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As Kennedy continues his speech he emphasizes this point, by stressing that he is the Democratic Party's candidate for President and not the Catholic candidate and that any issue that is presented to him during his Presidency will be decided upon by conscience and morality, not religion. ...

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A search party was then sent out and they were eventually found. ... "In 1956 Kennedy almost gained the Democratic nomination for Vice President, and four years later was a first-ballot nominee for president" (www.whitehouse.gov). ...

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He met her at a dinner party in Washington D.C, whom was also the daughter of a wealthy Wall Street broker, John V. ... In 1956 Kennedy almost gained the Democratic nomination for Vice President, but not until for years later, in 1960, did he become a first ballot nominee for president in Los Angeles. ...

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For many decades liberalism was the biggest factor in politics, and the largest force in changing America. Liberals believed in a government that was active in the nation to provide "economic prosperity, international security and social justice"(Schulman 1). Lyndon Baines Johnson "embodied the cont...

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