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at this point the union is striving to persuade a majority of the employees to vote "Union," and management is attempting to persuade a majority to vote "No Union." A multitude of tactics' can be employed by both sides to obtain their objectives. (JOHN D. FRISBY,

Kasidy Moneer Imperial Presidents Midterm Essay Donald John Trump. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton. Two very distinct, ideologically diverse individuals. Both in the running to become the next President of the United States. The current president, Barack Obama, has served as a dramatic foil to his own predecessor George W Bush. But if elected, how will Clinton or Trump run the office? Political scientist Stephen Skowronek assesses the history and actions of the presidency in his book The Politics

magnate/reality star. Gaining financial support? Not that big of a deal. Which makes obtaining positive media (or any media, at all), the primary and most critical component of the campaign. Franklin D. Roosevelt was credited the "radio" president. John F. Kennedy takes the title of the "television" president. More recently, Barack Obama created headlines as the "Internet" president. Various gatherings have declared the 2008 presidential election, the "Facebook" election. Which leads us all the way

"You don 't get the chance to make America great by getting rid of everything that made America great,” Stated by Hillary Clinton during her campaign rally in St. Louis, Missouri to attack candidate Donald Trump from his previous diverse rhetoric. Political Rhetoric has been very popular in today’s society. Politics use this as a platform to criticize other candidates about important points that are essential to the United States and its citizens. Not only does others believe that political rhetoric

WASHINGTON, DC. – Influential media networks may have led to a late swing in support in the week before the popular vote during this year’s Presidential Election against Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. The democratic win may have been due to Obama’s last minute surge of positive media coverage in the final weeks of the race to the white house, according to new research. Since most voters in America rely on the media’s coverage to portray the candidates’ views and personality, networks have an incredible

Republicans reigned in victory with the Democrats only able to gain a few seats. In the 2013 legislative session, Democrats sit in 55 seats in relation to the 95 seats held by Republicans (Texas Politics, 2013). United States Senator John Cornyn Senator John Cornyn has been in public office for 28 years. Cornyn is described as a “powerful voice for conservative values in Washington” (Biography:John Cornyn , n.d.). Cornyn’s liberal and conservative voting scores seem to prove this statement to

Presidential Signing Statements When the President is presented with a bill to sign into law he has two choices under the Constitution. He can veto the law under Article I Section VII or faithfully execute the law under Article II Section III. Many political pundits believe that signing statements are illegal because they go against the presidential oath office. While others believe signing statements give the president more power, which goes against the system of checks and balances. Some members

Harris County in the state of Texas was formed in the winter of 1836, and was first called Harrisburg County after an early settler named John Richard Harris. The name changed from Harrisburg County to Harris County in 1839. In the United States House of Representatives, Ted Poe, a Republican, currently represents my district (Northwest Harris County). John Whitmire was elected in 1983 as a Democrat, and he represents Northwest Harris County in the Texas Senate. There are seven major

presidency. But the thing that “matters the most” (not the people of America) but the electoral votes, pushed Trump to presidency. In the 2008 presidential vote, Obama gained 69,498,516 votes outnumbering his competition, John McCain by almost 10 million. Also, outnumbering McCain by electoral votes (365-173). To sum up, Obama and Trump have a lot of differences, differences that I could continue on listing if I didn't have to get on the the similarities. Similarities between Trump and Obama vary

Regarding the moral ambiguity of torture and the War on Terror, former President Barack Obama once said: “Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction” (qtd. in Piwowarczyk). Torture is a form of punishment the U.S. government and many governments use around the world. It is an