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Al Smith and his America
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Oscar Handlin,Oscar Handlin |
In 192 pages and with no footnotes, this is not a book which will tell you all you may want to know about Al Smith. But it tells his story well, and shows that up thru 1928 Al Smith was a progressive… |
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Do voters look to the future?
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Brad Lockerbie |
"Do voters look to the past, the future, or both when deciding how to vote? In Do Voters Look to the Future?, Brad Lockerbie shows voters to be more sophisticated than much of the work in political s… |
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Every vote counts
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Chris Katsaropoulos |
The 2000 Presidential election was decided by a margin of only 269 votes, but nearly 100 million eligible Americans did not cast a ballot. This year, don't sit on the sidelines - make your voice hear… |
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Why the Democrats will win in 2008
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Daniel Bruno Sanz |
Written 18 months before the historic presidential election of November, 2008, when Hillary Clinton was believed to be the inevitable Democratic Party nominee, financial analyst Daniel Bruno Sanz dis… |
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Renegade
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Richard Wolffe |
Before the White House and Air Force One, before the TV ads and the enormous rallies, there was the real Barack Obama: a man wrestling with the momentous decision to run for the presidency, feeling t… |
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The audacity to win
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David Plouffe |
The architect of the Obama campaign reveals how it all happened— and how it will revolutionize our politicsDavid Plouffe not only led the effort that put Barack Obama in the White House, but he also … |
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FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE, A
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Charles Osgood |
Charles Osgood, one of America's favorite news personalities, offers a hilarious compendium of anecdotes from the last seventy years of presidential campaigns. With anecdotes from Harry Truman to JFK… |
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The 2000 presidential election
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Elaine Landau |
Explores the people and events surrounding the 2000 presidential election. |
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Bill Clinton
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Elaine Landau |
Details the life of Bill Clinton, from his formative years to his tenure as governor of Arkansas, and focuses on his 1992 presidential campaign. |
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Campaigns and elections
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George Sullivan |
Studies the history of American presidential campaign management, showing the strategy and tactics the candidates have used over the decades to give themselves positive exposure and their opponents n… |
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God's Choice CD
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George Weigel |
George Weigel's bestselling biography of Pope John Paul II, Witness to Hope, set the standard by which all portraits of the modern papacy are now measured. With God's Choice, he gives us an extraordi… |
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Political intelligence and the creation of modern Mexico, 1938-1954
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Aaron W. Navarro |
"Analyzes the impact of the opposition candidacies in the Mexican presidential elections of 1940, 1946, and 1952 on the internal discipline and electoral dominance of the ruling Partido de la Revoluc… |
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We the people
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Lou Weisbach |
A collection of essays by prominent citizens about the principles and ideals of the Democratic party. Contributers include Hillary Rodham Clinton, Joseph Lieberman, Christopher Reeve, Jonathan Tisch,… |
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The persecution of Sarah Palin
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Matthew Continetti |
After her dazzling convention speech in August 2008, Sarah Palin was on track to win John McCain the presidency of the United States. Never before had a vice presidential candidate gotten such a stro… |
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The meaning of Sarkozy
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Alain Badiou |
"Alain Badiou, France's leading radical theorist and commentator, dissects the Sarkozy phenomenon in this sharp, focused intervention. He argues that the election of Nicolas Sarkozy as President does… |
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Electing the president
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Barbara Silberdick Feinberg |
Discusses the presidential election process including primaries, nominations, national conventions, campaigns, and the electoral college. |
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Campaigns
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Alan Brinkley |
"Over the past century, The New York Times has examined the evolution of American presidential campaigns - from William McKinley's "front porch" strategy to the media and money-powered campaigns of t… |
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De hand van Obama
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Philippe Remarque |
Journalistiek verslag van de voorbereiding en uiteindelijke overwinning van presidentskandidaat Barack Obama (1961-) in de Verenigde Staten. |
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United States gubernatorial elections, 1861-1911
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Michael J. Dubin |
"A definitive volume on the election of United States governors during the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Industrialization periods, this book provides election results of the gubernatorial races fro… |
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The High Tide of American Conservatism
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Garland S. Tucker, III |
Historians have generally failed to understand the significance of the election of 1924, the last time both major political parties nominated a bona fide conservative candidate. 'The High Tide of Ame… |
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