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1824 and 2016
Citizens are so preoccupied with the spectacle of the current election cycle that they forget a precedent exists for their current times; those who wonder what Clinton and Trump presidencies would be like need look no further than John Quincy Adams and “Old Hickory” himself, Andrew Jackson. It’s 1824, and the United States is gearing…
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Economic Policy: Putting “Magic” in the Campaign
The Oct. 9 debate between the economic advisers to Trump and Clinton may have lacked allegations of sexual harassment, threats of jailing the opposing party’s nominee, and a television audience numbering in the tens of millions, but it did contain allegations of “magic” and plenty of wild hand gesticulations. Early in the afternoon on Oct.…
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Politician Isn’t A Bad Word
It’s sad that it’s come to this. The 2016 presidential election is still over a year away, but the candidates vying for the nomination of each major party have gone through what has been anything but a typical primary process. It’s the election year of the anti-politician. This phenomenon is restricted to the Republican side,…
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Two Candidates Sell Themselves
After the second GOP debate, a familiar, hairpiece-topped face led the newest CNN poll. Behind blustery billionaire Donald Trump, however, Carly Fiorina (the former CEO of Hewlett Packard) managed to climb into second place. Fourteen months from the election, no poll offers more than a quick glance at the feelings of voters. However, those voters…
