The process of nominating two persons who will ultimately compete for the presidency is long, complicated, exhausting, and expensive. The 1988 presidential primary campaigns were no exception, as Democratic and Republican candidates spent countless hours and millions of dollars to win votes and delegates in caucuses and primaries across the country. Speeches, debates, and media advertisements helped spread the candidates' messages and policies to the voters. A different, fresh, and informative forum for each of the candidates was introduced by the Kennedy School of Government in...
The process of nominating two persons who will ultimately compete for the presidency is long, complicated, exhausting, and expensive. The 1988 pres...
-Hertzberg has a novelist's control of metaphor and a comedian's gift for the one-liner.- -The New York Times Book Review Obamanos is powered by celebrated political essayist Hendrik Hertzberg's -Comments- for The New Yorker's -The Talk of the Town- and the personal blog he began keeping on the magazine's Web site fifteen months before the election. Hertzberg follows the players and the stars while examining the issues that emerged as critical during the debates such as health care, the Iraq war, and the economic crisis. Through his observation and...
-Hertzberg has a novelist's control of metaphor and a comedian's gift for the one-liner.- -The New York Times Book Review ...