Topic: U.S. Republican Party
Ronald Reagen was the biggest fraud ever to occupy the White House . Despite his great speeches, Ronald Reagen was a cold distant person, incapable of deep thought or emotion. How could Reagen win against and the mood of the nation and ...
The November 2, 2010 midterm election is subject to historical trends. After twelve years of Congressional dominance by the Democrats, the Republicans, capitalizing on domestic problems in 1946, gained control of both the House and Senate with spectacular gains in that midterm ...
America?s Marius and SullaLet me make one thing clear before I begin. But if we did have our own Julius Caesar, then we must certainly have had a Marius and Sulla as well. Marius and Sulla were bitter rivals in the Roman ...
? Even as the future president penned these words,however, a party system was developing in the United States.Federalistsv. In the United States, from the very beginning twoparties have fought to win that next election. In hispolitical philosophy, Jefferson called for limits on ...
On Thursday the Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. The reason for controversy is that once confirmed justices serve on the Supreme Court for life and can only be removed by impeachment or inducing them to leave voluntarily. There is ...
Today in HistoryToday is Friday, July 24, the 205th day of 2009. On July 24, 1959, during a visit to Moscow, Vice President Richard Nixon engaged in his famous "Kitchen Debate" with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. In 1783, Latin American revolutionary Simon ...
For a long time tonight, the Republicans appeared to be stalling.Two hours into the second day of the Republican National Convention, there has been only the slightest whiff of an attack on Barack Obama, whose name has not been mentioned once. But ...
Today, you'll recall, is Election Day. The 1960s was the era of Democratic dirty tricks - in 1964, Lyndon Johnson oversaw one of the most corrupt elections ever, against Barry Goldwater.. You describe the intense mudslinging that went on during the 19th ...
On Nov. 4, 1979, the Iran Hostage Crisis Began As Militants Stormed the U.S. Embassy in TehranToday is Sunday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2007. There are 57 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Nov. 4, 1979, the Iran ...