Tuesday, August 24, 2010

George H W Bush



"Read my lips"







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Friday, August 20, 2010

Ronald Reagan

During the campaign, Jimmy Carter spoke of the malaise in the country at the time.  Ronald Reagan, all of the sudden, knew that he, Ronald Reagan, had just won the election.  He understood that people want optimism and hope in their leaders and  in their country.

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg

One of the most unique electoral incidents in our country.  He was never elected.  He ran for re-election, but was not elected. That election was the first one that played heavy on TV advertising and marketing.



Smallest ~ " REPUBLICAN 1976 / FORD - DOLE " ~ 1976 Campaign ...




Thursday, August 5, 2010

Gary Hart

Gary Hart | Biography & Facts | BritannicaHe was young, articulate, intelligient, he was from Colorado (It is hard to be humble when you are from Colorado), but he got testy with the media and they watched as he brought himself down. Eight years later the same thing happened, yet that candidate ignored the implications and plowed on ahead. He won.


















Books by Gary Hart





The Fourth Power: A Grand Strategy for the United States in the Twenty-First Century
Restoration of the Republic: The Jeffersonian Ideal in 21st-Century America

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Abraham Lincoln

Election of 1860 - HISTORY
Perserverance - He lost more elections than he won.



Stephen Douglas

Stephen A. Douglas & Abraham Lincoln In Congressional Debate: The ...




Brigham Young, a colonizer of the American West, predicted that Stephen Douglas would win the presidency if he stood by the Mormons.  Late in the election cycle, Stephen Douglas did not support the Mormons in their Washington endeavors - He lost - Was this the reason - or other factors in place.