Obviously, most if not all of our Presidents have held another office before being elected to the Oval Office - just like any good organization, Americans prefer somebody who works their way to the top.
And it is true that many of our Presidents have been born in well-to-do families, despite the founding father’s desire [...]
In the United States, the two-party system has been so all-encompassing of American politics as to nearly obliterate all traces of an option.
Recent criticism has been directed at how the two parties are actually the same one, with words like “Republocrat” and “Demican” used as derogatory names for the two main parties.
However, a [...]
Every four years, it seems, the race for the Presidency spawns a kind of party atmosphere for a while where basically, everybody and his sister says that they’re running for President.
But besides the more popular third parties, such as Green and Libertarian, there’s the great, vast array of the Independents.
There is no “Independent [...]
Hillary Clinton is boldly running for President in 2008, and the thought may seem unusual, since we’ve never had a woman President.
We have, however, had a President election with a woman on the ballot before - 13 elections, in fact! Here’s a look at some of the more notable cases of this phenomena, and [...]
With the wide range of candidates vying for the White House in 2008, many of them will be disappointed, while only one can prevail.
To buck up the spirits of the also-rans, here’s a little list of famous unfortunate exits and almost-exits from the Oval Office.
Sure, you never got elected, but at least none [...]
Getting that message out to the voters - it’s going to begin soon! The wonderful advertising round of the Presidential 2008 election season is about to get underway.
Already, the major candidates have each blessed us with a “Holiday wishes” ad spot.
It was brief, sweet, and to the point, and not shown too often, [...]
The question on millions of voter’s minds is, “Can we ever trust again?”This isn’t just granola-munching Flower Child Liberals talking, either.
Conservative voices this year have spent more time criticizing their own group than they have been defending that group from outsiders.
A collective groan can be heard going up from the Grand Old Party [...]
Time heals all wounds.
That’s an old proverb.
But how much time? It probably depends on the wound.
For now, no one can say that the United States is over the 9/11 attack.
The attack, the Afghanistan war, and the Iraq war, have left a scar that will grow up and grow older with us, year [...]
In the United States, the two-party system has been so all-encompassing of American politics as to nearly obliterate all traces of an option.
Recent criticism has been directed at how the two parties are actually the same one, with words like “Republocrat” and “Demican” used as derogatory names for the two main parties.
However, the [...]
The 2008 election is on target to be the most harrowing election in recent memory.
This will be the first Presidential election since 1928 that has no incumbents in the primary, with the 1952 election counting as a certain exception since Truman’s name was indeed on the ballot, but he did not campaign.
Harry had [...]