Alan Schroeder is an assistant professor in the school of journalism at the Northeastern University in Boston. He was a former reporter, documentary filmmaker, and producer for television stations. He's also a three- time Emmy Award winner for "People Are Talking" on WBZ-TV.
III. Presidential Debates: Forty Years of High-Risk TV concentrates on every presidential debate from 1960 to present. It starts off with the first presidential debate ever aired on television between Nixon and Kennedy, and then it goes on to talking about the strategies, pre-debate news conference and etc.
IV. The author's central thesis is how much of presidential debates have changed from the first one to the present ones. He talks about everything that goes on in backstage of a debate. It gives the reader a complete backstage tour. For example, "In Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, Jacqueline Kennedy, six months pregnant with her second child, was hosting a debate watching party (Schroeder, 4)". This shows the reader how Kennedy's wife watched her husband's debate. It also shows how Nixon's wife chose to watch her husband's debate privately, where Mrs. Kennedy had about 30 guests invited to watch it. Another one could be technical problems, "tech checks have always had the potential to harrow (Schroeder, 160)". He talks about technical checks could run smoothly or they could "fall victim to the intensity of the moment (Schroeder, 160)". .
V. I think Schroeder's thesis is presented sound. He backs up everything that he mentions in this book about all the debates he talks about, he also included many examples and quotations.
The debate began on 13th October 2015. ... There was a big debate on who won. ... He has a very charismatic personality and I really like the way he started his debate by saying that "most importantly I'm a husband, a father. ... Overall, it was a good debate. ... But this debate was a good introduction....
Presidential system A presidential system is a system of government that features a president as the nation's head of state and active chief executive authority. ... Presidential Government: In a Presidential system the Executive (in the form of an individual - the President) is elected directly. ... Ministerial powers are derived from Presidential authorisation and his powers are set out in the Constitution. ... The office of President characterizes the presidential system. ... In the American presidential system, the legislature must debate and pass various bills. ...
The 2008 American presidential election was unlike any other, in a number of ways. ... And, in the presidential race of 2008, Americans got political online. ... News giant CNN and pop-culture portal YouTube collaborated on two debates between the candidates, so that potential votes could ask the candidates the questions they wanted answered. ... People who wouldn't have normally watched a traditional debate, where the questions are pre-determined by political experts tuned in to hear the candidates weigh in on what the American people had to say. ...
Quite obviously, the presidential debate of the 1960s between John F. ... The candidate plans of the two presidential candidates were equally pleasing, but what determined Kennedy's victory was the effect of the first televised presidential debate. ...
On the latest Republican Presidential Debate, Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, made an argument to support why he should be the next President of the United States. ... On Governor Christie's first Republican presidential debate, he answered a question with misleading numbers of the New Jersey economy. ... In his debate, he also stated that he did cut programs but he did not cut enough in order to reduce the deficit amount. ...
PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS The President of the United States has many powers, of them the power to pardon is perhaps one of the most controversial powers he posses. ... Although extremely controversial at times, the presidential pardon is an important part of U.S. government. ... Recent trends in presidential pardons fall far short of this number, of the previous five presidents all have pardoned under 600 persons (http://www.fujisan.demon.co.uk/USPresidents/plist5a.htm). ... With the pardon of international criminal Marc Rich Bill Clinton started a serious debate as to the overall good of th...
The presidential election of 1800 was a political battle between the Federalist and the Democratic-Republicans - and it was one of the nastiest and most heated political races in American history. ... During this election there were no official vice presidential candidates. ... The congress argued and debated the candidates and had many different ballots before coming to a decision. ... This presidential election is one of the most influential in our countries history as it had a huge impact on the electoral policies (Walsh 2008). ...
In the Presidential Election of 1960 John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Richard Milhouse Nixon were in a series of debates that were different from past debates. ... (The First Kennedy-Nixon Debate, p.4). ... On October 13, 1960 the third debate was held. ... Nixon quickly responded by stating that it would be inappropriate for a president or a presidential candidate to say what course of action and what weapons he would use in such an event. ... In this final debate each candidate would give opening and closing statements, as in the first debate. ...
The 2004 Democratic presidential race is heating up, and the cast of characters is the gas fueling the flame. ... The choice of 2004 Democratic presidential candidates is deep, and it's anyone's race. ... If that's not presidential material, then, what is? ... Sharpton is also being compared to an unsuccessful Presidential candidate, Jesse Jackson, also African-American. ... However, mediocrity doesn't win presidential elections. ...
