On February 12th‚ 2013 President Barack Obama gave his state of the union address to the nation‚ the first of this year and since his re-election. I had mixed feelings about this speech as I go into that in more detail later. I like the general direction of where Obama was trying to go with it but I must say that I did have a few points that I disagreed with that he presented. But some of the major things which I did like was the minimum wage increase and talks about gun control. I am going to just
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The 2004 election was a hotly contested battle between incumbent George Bush and challenger John Kerry. Bush and Kerry were nominated by their parties to compete in the presidential election. Bush focused his campaign on portraying himself as a tough leader who could firmly make decisions‚ which was important to voters due to the new war on terror. Kerry centered his campaign around creating jobs and improving health care‚ as well as keeping America safe. After the first debate‚ Kerry was leading
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Student 2/22/13 Dr. Chambers Arts & Humanities 2 sec. 5 Extra Credit: Obama State of the Union Address On February 12th of this year President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union address to the congress and people of this nation. In this address Obama would touch base on manufacturing‚ climate change‚ raising minimum wage‚ expanding pre-k‚ etc. Our lives are changing each day and most of us are lost and depend on the government to provide us with new information. It’s essential to do
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Similarities and differences in the use of media in the 1960: Nixon/Kennedy and the 2012: Obama/Romney presidential campaigns I. Similarities Both presidential campaigns used televisions as their tools to deliver messages to a large audience. In fact‚ televisions were a primary way in which American citizens could learn about presidential candidates. Televisions were used to show debates between candidates‚ so that citizens could be able to know who should lead them. II. Differences There were
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Media Campaign in the President Election Table of Contents 1. General Background in Media Using 1 President Barack Obama: 1 Governor Mitt Romney: 1 2. Communication Objective: 2 Barack Obama: Maintain his Credibility among voters. 2 Mitt Romney: People of America Need a New Rule 2 3. Strategy: 3 For President Obama 3 For Governor Romney 3 4. Media Tactics through the campaign 4 Mainstream Media: 4
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people pay for unemployment insurance like the pay for heath or home insurance. Then the government can use their extra money to help create extra jobs. One of the things that Newt Gingrich wants to do is lower the corporation tax to make the United States more desirable. This will help companies that moved to China to come back to the USA. Michele Bachmann believes that when you take the minimum wage off it will create more jobs. The competitive market will increase the minimum wage on its own
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Viniqua Cook Ms. Williams EH 101-1BB 30 April 2012 Why Abraham Lincoln Won the Election of 1860 The Election of 1860 was an interesting election because it split the nation in two and showed how divided America could get. Likewise‚ it was the last election before the Civil War and it was the first Republican victory. Abraham Lincoln‚ better known as Honest Abe‚ is mostly remembered for freeing slaves and of course‚ his top hat. On the other hand‚ Stephen A. Douglas is known as the Little Giant
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The founding fathers set up the Presidential Election so that the people would be able to govern themselves‚ instead of being ruled by a tyrant. The presidential election should be an important event in all Americans’ lives‚ yet many do not understand the process or how important it is. Understanding this process may help people to realize why they need to become involved in the Presidential Election. Becoming a candidate for presidency in a political party is not as easy as announcing you are going
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of the Presidential campaign‚ I discovered that the election process is not a cut and dry one. The Republican Party was clearly honest in their approach of gerrymandering and bragging as they gerrymandered congressional districts in blue states. They wanted to control how state legislative and congressional district boundaries would be drawn‚ so they set about to control the redistricting process. Therefore‚ even thou a majority of Americans voted for Democrats in the Presidential election… the Republicans
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11/22/12 A Rhetorical Analysis of the Second Presidential Debate of 2012 On October 16‚ 2012‚ President Barack Obama and former governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts met at Hofstra University in Hempstead‚ New York for their second presidential debate. The debate‚ moderated by Candy Crowell of CNN‚ was much more relaxed than the first debate taking on a “town hall” format in which voters in the audience posed questions to the two presidential candidates. This analysis will focus on two of
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