Barack Obama became the United States of America’s first African American president in 2009. He delivered his acceptance speech for the Democratic Party’s ticket in August of 2008 in Colorado after a close primary campaign against Hillary Rodham Clinton. His audience of 80,000 was Democratic supporters looking forward to his vision of hope and change for the United States, which had seen a severe downturn in the economy along with the never-ending war in the Middle East. His rhetorical intention was to inspire and lead the audience toward a new America that was based on the Democratic ideology of supporting the majority of the population not just the wealthiest people and corporations’ best interests. Barack Obama included his background as a young boy of middle class parents and eventually a single mother.
How did Obama beat Clinton to the democratic nomination? When the little known US Senator for Illinois announced his intentions to run in the democratic presidential primary in 2007, few believed that he could defeat the party backed establishment candidate, Hilary Clinton. Clinton’s campaign was described as “the largest and most powerful presidential campaign in History” and although Obama himself was quietly confident, his early investors were sceptical as Clinton gained an early twenty point lead. So how was he able to turn things around? Obama had three key factors on his side.
Who is Nate Silver? In the US presidential election of 2012, he successfully predicted the result and actual numbers of the winning states for each side. Some criticizers said that he did won the election night. He has been recognized as a new kind of political superstar. Nate Silver, gained public attention back to 2003 due to forecasting baseball players’ performance and career, is a well-known statistician, psephologist and writer.
The Audacity of Hope Book Review Many years before he was President of the United States, Senator Barack Obama was working on writing two New York Times best sellers. A little more than ten years after his first book, Dreams From My Father, was published, Senator Obama released his second book, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. The book chronicles President Obama’s general views of modern day American politics, as well as his specific views as a democrat. By focusing on one topic per chapter, President Obama is able to effectively address a wide spectrum of issues while still maintaining a clear and in depth focus. In the first chapter, titled “Republicans and Democrats,” President Obama addresses the growing divide between the two parties and the inefficiency that this lack of communication and cooperation creates.
Since the first president, George Washington, took office on April 30, 1789, there have been forty-two different men chosen by the citizens of our country to lead and govern us as a nation (The White House). Though all of these men have had differences, one common ground they have all shared is their color, they have all been white. But, the 2008 presidential election forever changed our nation’s highest office, when for the first time in our country’s history, a man of color, African-American Barack Obama, was elected President of the United States. This historical induction has made the 2008 presidential election one of the most important in our nation’s history not only in terms of its racial significance, but also for many other implications it has had, and will have. This election has touched on multiple sociological issues ranging from gender, with vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, to the state and direction of our current economy (the “recession” crises), to other such sociological issues as religion, class, and even national security.
History 211 Burner Paper In the book John F. Kennedy, David Burner portrays Kennedy as if he had no flaws and seemed to glamorize him. The myth of Kennedy was more important than the reality to Burner. All of the good things from the start of his childhood, all the way through his presidency, and even to his assignation, the author uncovers only the good side of Kennedy. Kennedy’s political career started in 1947 when he was elected into the House of Representatives, he served in the House until 1952 when he was elected into the Senate. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1957 on his book Profiles in Courage.
Research Paper President Obama's New Deal vs. President Roosevelt's New Deal The original new deal that was proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930's during the great depression many columnists believe that it has been revamped into something that President Barack Obama believes can jumpstart the American economy. Since both of these men are from the Democratic Party and were voted into office by the American people under the promise that they would and could help jumpstart the economy that would lead to a decrease in unemployment. They both had a huge responsibility to the American people to hit the ground running. And although the similarities of the deals are almost to uncanny to be coincidence they each had key ideas on how to get the American people back into the workforce. I will be focusing on just a few key areas that have been struck due to the recession for President Obama and the Great Depression for President Roosevelt and how each man either fixed the problem or is attempting to.
He served as chairman of the Public Health and Welfare Committee when the Democrats regained control of the chamber. The Chicago Tribune called him "one of the General Assembly's most impressive members." He also worked for legislation that would cover residents who could not afford health insurance. Speaking up for leading gay and lesbian advocacy groups, he successfully helped pass bills to increase funding for AIDS prevention and care programs.In 2004, Obama decided to run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Peter Fitzgerald. In the Democratic primary, he trailed business tycoon Blair Hull and Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes.
Tina Kohn 13 May 2012 A.P English Language During the 1960’s, the United States was coping with racial tensions and inequalities as well as the fight against Communism and the Cold War. The American people were concerned with the state of their country and the never-ending possibilities of entering another war, and longed for a strong and reassuring leader. Upon his inauguration on January 20, 161, John F. Kennedy became the face of hope and prosperity for not only the country but also the world. Having won the election by one of the smallest popular vote margins in history, Kennedy wanted his address to inspire the nation and send a message abroad signaling the challenges of the war and his hope for peace in a nuclear age. In Kennedy’s inaugural speech, he portrays the United States as a powerful nation, and demonstrates the tone for the type of presidency he wishes to have by establishing emotional ties and trust with the American people and those of the world.
His two-term presidency marked him a great politician as he balanced the budget, ended the Korean War, and signed the Civil Rights Bill of 1957, and the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. To achieve such success, he transformed from a martial national hero to a politician in the twentieth century. Through nearly thirty years as a prominent national figure, Eisenhower demonstrated himself a success by “good sense, good will, and perceived moral character.” This is his story. Rising from relatively ordinary origins, Dwight D. Eisenhower, the third child of the family, encouraged his business thinking in his