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Ranking the veeps
Today's question: Give us your list of best and worst vice presidents in recent history. Previously, Lichtman and Edwards debated the proper role of the vice president, discussed how history might treat Dick Cheney and digested the current candidates'...Tags: Maryland, Elections, Alexander Hamilton, The White House, Aaron Burr
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How will Cheney go down in history?
Today's question: The office of vice president has been regarded as mostly ceremonial. How much (for better or worse) has Dick Cheney changed that? Previously, Edwards and Lichtman digested the candidates' vice president picks.
Cheney: a cautionary...Tags: Elections, United Nations, Armed Conflicts, Economic Policy, George Bush
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What were McCain and Obama thinking?
Today's question: How do Joe Biden and Sarah Palin fit in with the recent history of presidential campaigns? All week, historians Lee Edwards and Allan J. Lichtman debate vice presidential politics.
A shrewd gamble that could make history Point: Lee...Tags: Alaska, Sarah Palin, Elections, John F. Kennedy, Democratic Party
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Tuesday's Republican National Convention schedule
Major speakers scheduled for Tuesday's session of the Republican National Convention. Sen. John McCain of Arizona is set to become the party's presidential nominee. The program begins at 6 p.m. local time in St. Paul, which is 4 p.m. PT. ------...Tags: Laura Bush, Republican Party, Elections, Ohio, Texas
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MILESTONES FOR WOMEN IN U.S. POLITICS
1848: First women's rights convention is held, in Seneca Falls, N.Y. 1872: First woman presidential candidate, Victoria Claflin Woodhull, is nominated by party known variously as the National Radical Reformers or the Equal Rights Party. 1872:...Tags: Shirley, Elections, Texas, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Nancy Pelosi
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Surprise choice
John McCain's surprising, and risky, decision to run with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signals his intention to make reform a central theme of his campaign, analysts and Republican politicians said yesterday. The little-known Palin, who will be the first...Tags: Alaska, Sarah Palin, Elections, Ohio, Joe Biden
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McCain picks Palin: 'Exactly who i need'
The Associated PressRepublican John McCain introduced first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate Friday, a stunning selection of a little-known conservative newcomer who relishes fighting the establishment. "She's exactly who I need. She's...Tags: Alaska, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Elections, Ohio
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Obama Delivers A Clunker
The Democrats had themselves a successful convention — at the price of appearing quite conventional. The delegates here in Denver left happy and enthused, believing that the divisive nomination fight was finally behind them. But their star,...Tags: Denver Broncos, Elections, Joe Biden, Al Gore, Barack Obama
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Broder: Bad time for Obama to have an off-night
DENVER -- The Democrats had themselves a successful convention -- at the price of appearing quite conventional. The delegates left here happy and enthused, believing that the divisive nomination fight was finally behind them. But their star, Barack...Tags: Denver Broncos, Elections, Joe Biden, Mark Warner, Al Gore
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Now it's St. Paul's turn to be the top twin
The Associated PressThe Republican National Convention should be St. Paul's big moment. Too bad most everyone seems to think it's being held in Minneapolis. "It's like nails on a chalkboard when I hear that," said Mary Lethert Wingerd, a St. Paul native and historian of the...Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Democratic Party, University of Minnesota, Executive Branch
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