Presidency of George W. Bush

Many have concluded that the Electoral College should be taken away completely or just in some states. There have been cases where Electoral College has actually been bad for us, but there has also been equal amount of times were it worked in are favor. There have been a few cases where they try to abolish the Electoral College and even just remove it state wide. For example, in 2004 Colorado almost passed a bill that uses popular vote instead of the electoral votes. Another, case was in 2000…

1.) As explained in these weeks required essays and also the Saylor text “American Government and politics in the Information Age” Presidential vetoes are when congress sends a bill to the White House for the president, and the current president of the United States, at the time, can “return it” without any objections. To understand further how the veto from the president works, it starts with the latin translation of the word which is “I forbid” adding to the serious tone of the president…

State parties use two methods when selecting national convention delegates, they use primaries and caucuses. Primaries and caucuses can be perceived as the first step toward presidency. Some states only hold primary election and others only hold caucuses, but there are also some states that use both primaries and caucuses. States like California and Washington are examples of states who use the primary election method otherwise known as preliminary election. Primary systems are used to select a…

presidential candidate. The office of the Presidency of the United States of America has always been, and will most likely continue to be, a reflection of what this great nation wants its leader to be in 2016. A short analogy: Consider that in 2008, the United States was reeling from the presidency of George W. Bush, a man with feigned a southern drawl and “down home” naiveté in order to set the USA on a course with disaster. At the end of his Presidency, the pendulum swung in favor of a man…

launched before him by President George W. Bush at the…

Bush pushed through many tragedies in his time of presidency. Between 2001 and 2009, President Bush had been given the most difficult decisions to ever make in his life. Throughout most of his presidency he had been faced with War, debt, and economic recession. First there was the terrorist attack on 9/11 which killed many people, and the same year the…

Donald Trump, a presidential candidate for 2016, once said, “everything is negotiable.”(Donald Trump: 'Everything Is Negotiable ') Is everything negotiable, though? In most elections, it seems that presidential candidates try to not make too many promises that they have no chance of following through with. However, that is not the case for Republican candidate Donald Trump. Many of the promises made by the presidential candidate show no promise of being fulfilled, while some others do show…

Domestic politics play a leading role in foreign policy. United States foreign policy is largely influenced by the domestic political climate. From the Bush Administration to the Obama Administration, the War in Iraq has seen different foreign policies mandated; while the U.S.’s policy on democracy promotion has swayed from pro-promotion, to con, and back again. Examining these two foreign policies will provide a closer look at how domestic politics interferes with foreign policy decisions. No…

Works Cited Bush, George W. 41: A Portrait of My Father. 1st ed. New York: Crown, 2014. Print. 294 Pages A Book Review for 41: A Portrait of My Father George W. Bush had a chance like no other person has ever had, except for John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Bush had the opportunity to write about his experiences about being the President’s son, and eventually becoming the President. He tells of stories growing up as George H.W. Bush raised a family and at the same time dealt with the issues…

could feasibly lose the popular election while winning the necessary number of Electoral votes should they win key states, thus securing the Presidency. This ‘electoral crisis’ (Spilerman & Dickens, 1974) can give rise to situations such as in the 2000 election where VP Al Gore won the popular vote by approximately 500,000 votes, yet lost the election to George W.…