Image:Theodore Roosevelt campaigning in 1912. Pic: AP Theodore Roosevelt was in Milwaukee while campaigning to return to the White House having previously served two terms as president. Running again as a third-party candidate, he was getting into his ...
It seems the only fitness for duty test a president need undergo is the campaigning, nomination, and election process. Probably a highly flawed and ineffective way to filter out unfit candidates who, if elected, will have the power to mobilize the full might of the armed forces, posses nuc...
PLAYING POLITICSArt was not the only contribution Borglum made to American society. He was outspoken about his political opinions and tried to wield some celebrity influence by campaigning for Roosevelt’s reelection in 1912. During the Wilson administration Borglum, in a departure from his usual foc...
There weren’t many other suitable candidates from the states where most Republican nominees came from. New York had a popular former governor in Charles Evans Hughes. The problem was that Hughes was on the Supreme Court. A sitting justice had never run for President. Republican party leaders p...
Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, meanwhile, made her own uncommon choice for early campaigning by visiting Wisconsin before heading to Iowa, home to the nation’s first caucus. And a Democratic heavyweight who’s yet to address his 2020 plans, former Vice President Joe Biden, made his own high-...
By 1965, the liberal socialist movement has slowly but surely grown, and in 1965 Milton Friedman opted to run for president, selecting Goldwater as his running mate. The independent presidential ticket handedly lost to more mainstream and organized candidates, but it nonetheless to...
This has frustrated a minority of conservative evangelicals who see Trump as an unrepentant poser, using the Bible and prayer sessions for photo props. They see him as lacking real faith and facing credible, serious misconduct allegations while campaigning with ...