In Chris Matthews, Hardball, he describes political principles which are needed for a politician to get to the front. These ideas can be used by President Trump in order to gain greater support from US citizens and his fellow politicians. President Trump would become a more successful leader if he followed Matthew’s principles of acknowledging his problems, focusing on the desires of the people he governs, and forming strong alliances with other members of the government. In order to better connect and gain the trust of the American people, Trump needs to follow the principle outlined by Matthews of “Hanging a Lantern on Your Problem”(Loc 2045).…
Reasons on why we have voting and elections so that if we don’t agree with one president we can go on to the next on and consider their view points without…
A tape was released of a recording of Donald Trump over a decade ago which has outraged numerous people. In the tape, Donald Trump said inappropriate sexual remarks toward women. He says that he can do whatever to women, since he is a star. In the microphone recording, Trump talks about kissing women he finds attractive and gropes them even if they are married. The shocking conversation of Trump has led to many people from his campaign stop supporting him.…
In Wayne Steger’s book, A Citizen’s Guide to Presidential Nominations: The Competition for Leadership, he identifies the important factors of the presidential nomination process, which can then be used to understand the 2016 cycle. His argument states that the crucial period of a campaign is during the invisible primary, which is the year or so preceding the delegate selection process. If party stakeholders are cohesive, (as in the Democratic Party,) the race will be predictable; if they are not, (as in the Republican Party,) the outcome is more of a tossup. The outcome and its predictability also have to do with the size of the candidate pool; more candidates lead to more uncertainty. The Democratic pool is much smaller (and much more predictable)…
The invisible primary refers to the period of time between when presidential candidates begin to show interest in running for president, and the period when the public first has an opportunity to demonstrate their support for the candidates through voting. During this period, candidate begin to collect support, endorsements and money from party elites, activists, donors and interest groups. Christenson and Smidt (2012, 598) emphasize the fact that recent scholarship has used a candidate’s level of funding and national political support at the start of the primaries and caucuses as indicators of the successfulness of candidates in the invisible primary. They go on to include party endorsements as an indicator of candidate success, as it is a…
In an era where constant challenges permeated thirteen colonies, there were colonists who searched for peace. Like an eclipse in the sky, peace for these people was never truly believable. Great Britain at the time had occupied these colonies in the Americas, and their King, King George III, perceived them as a simple means of economic investment that would produce huge profits. As a result, these colonies were demanded to pay in trade and always had to pay up for tax imports and exports. However, after consecutive imposing tax acts, along with several casualties, the Americans felt like it was time for a change.…
The two ways our presidential campaigns have changed since the time of Kennedy & Regan is mass media and campaign ads has dramatically changed the way campaigns runs. During the time of Kennedy & Reagan, mass media such as newspapers, broadcast radios, radios, and films were tools used to appeal to the public. In our society, today mass media such as internet and social media were tools used to appeal to the voters as well. These types of mass media from than and now has dramatically changed on how Americans interact with their elected officials.…
Rosie O’Donnell a comedian on the talk show, “The Voice” brought up a situation about Donald Trump. Trump owns the Miss America organization, and accused one of of the contestants, Tara Conner age 20, that she was drinking and doing cocaine. He fired back calling Rosie some crude things like , “disgusting” and “a slob” with “a fat, ugly face.” He also commented that he wanted to take her to court to, “take some money out of her fat-ass pockets.” Even though Rosie started it all ,Trump probably shouldn't have said such snarky, ruthless comments.…
With his blunt racist remarks, billionaire and GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s number of critics grow every day. An increasing number of billionaires, including Rupert Murdoch, Bill Gates and George Soros are vocal in their criticism of Trump. According to Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/denizcam/2016/03/12/billionaires-rally-around-immigration-against-trumps-xenophobia/#70afe9608e09, George Soros, one of the most successful hedge-fund managers in the world, has spent millions to defeat Trump in the polls. Soros, a strong advocate for human rights, government transparency and democracy, says that Donald Trump is threatening America’s values with nativism and xenophobia.…
What if you woke up one morning and you never were embarrassed in front of people and you didn’t care what others thought or said about you, you just do what you do. Well, that is exactly how Donald Trump lives his life. My hero is Donald Trump because he doesn't care how people think of him and he will do what he thinks and knows is best and not what ever anybody else tells him to do, and he is working on getting our country out of debt, he is still investigating Hillary Clinton, and he became the 45th President of the U.S. without being part of the government before running. Trump is a businessman so he knows how to take care of money and he will hopefully get our country out of debt. Some say that he “knows money”…
The Presidency, debatably one of the most successful American experiments to date. Over 200 years ago 55 delegates came together to write the Constitution that our country uses to this today. They debated and discussed how our nation would run, who had power and how much, how to maintain a fair and balanced government, and they outlined each branch. Article two describes the role of the President and the powers that are bestowed onto him; however, article two is significantly shorter than article one (about the legislative branch) allowing whoever presides as President to interpret it to his own accord. These delegates knew that Washington was honorable enough to be granted the power to be the first President of the United States.…
I agree with Ruth Marcus in saying that Donald Trump is self-centered. Marcus claims that on the morning after the inauguration, Donald Trump was focused on the photographs taken at the inauguration. This coincides with the belief of Donald Trump being a “reality T.V. president. ” There are far greater problems than insuring someone accurately depicts a crowd of people.…
To be completely honest, I have to state at this point in time, without compunction or hesitation, that it can be said to be the case, more or less, that in the current era, and under the current conditions, the statement can be honestly made by anyone who looks into the matter sufficiently that in the 2008 election, Barack Obama received a grand total of approximately 69,456,897 votes, or so the truth seems to me from my current vantage point looking at things from what may best be described as my own point-of-view, or so I…
Cole DeLatte Aimee Barrios English 101 11-14-2017 “Checkers” The “Checkers Speech” or “Fund Speech” was an address to the public made on September 23, 1952, by Richard Nixon, the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States. Nixon had been accused to of using money from a fund established by his campaign funders to reimburse him for his political expenses. It was a half hour speech televised from Los Angeles with the purpose of persuading the public into supporting him, attack his opponents, and to give off the persona that he was an “average joe”. Nixon relies on mainly on ethos to make the audience feel as if he is just like them, an average American.…
Only one person has the power to push the red button while observing the blueprints of Area 51. The President of the United States is considered the most powerful person upon the face of the Earth. His titles being: Commander in Chief, Leader of the Free world, and Defender of Liberties. Over the two-hundred and twenty six years of its existence the office of the presidency as grown tremendously into the modern position we know today. One would think that the election of such an important would be simplistic and fair; however, it is the exact opposite.…