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Obama didn't cave ... Presidential Power: A Middlebury College Professor's Blog - 0 views

avivajazz jazzaviva on 01 Aug 11

Maybe some of you can tell me why so many very smart people have, since the day Obama was inaugurated, deluded themselves into thinking that this admittedly very smart man, albeit one with limited political experience at the national level, was somehow going to step into office and proceed to rewrite the political laws that have governed presidential politics for the last two centuries? I'm listening.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Maybe some of you can tell me why so many very smart people have, since the day Obama was inaugurated, deluded themselves into thinking that this admittedly very smart man, albeit one with limited political experience at the national level, was somehow going to step into office and proceed to rewrite the political laws that have governed presidential politics for the last two centuries? I'm listening.</div>

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Elena Kagan: New Justice Could Hold the Key to Presidential Power - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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"New Justice Could Hold the Key to Presidential Power "

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How JFK Fathered The Modern Presidential Campaign : NPR - 0 views

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"In 1960, when he ran for the presidency, first of all, if he won, he was going to be the youngest man ever elected to the White House," Dallek says. "Secondly, he was going to be the first Catholic, so there was something fresh and new, and this is what he spun out in the campaign. He called his potential administration the 'new frontier,' and he said the torch was being passed to a new generation."
- Anne Hulthen on 09 May 14
  
  Novelty. The media loves an underdog and Kennedy used this to his advantage. His Youth and "Catholicism" also played in to the imaginations of Americans. Did they want to see themselves as different and unique, American culture as accepting and permissive? Did this reflect American values or is it merely the novelty?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Novelty. The media loves an underdog and Kennedy used this to his advantage. His Youth and "Catholicism" also played in to the imaginations of Americans. Did they want to see themselves as different and unique, American culture as accepting and permissive? Did this reflect American values or is it merely the novelty?</div>
  
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- Anne Hulthen on 09 May 14
  
  Energy!! This is a big part of the 1960s culture. We were just beginning to enter the age of idealization of American culture. Specifically ambition, intelligence, culture, worldliness and glamour that defined the American dreams of the 1960s. This was a lot different than the 50s which favored conformity and the status quo rather than striving to achieve greatness. Kennedy represented the youthful energy that flowed through the air during the 60s.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Energy!! This is a big part of the 1960s culture. We were just beginning to enter the age of idealization of American culture. Specifically ambition, intelligence, culture, worldliness and glamour that defined the American dreams of the 1960s. This was a lot different than the 50s which favored conformity and the status quo rather than striving to achieve greatness. Kennedy represented the youthful energy that flowed through the air during the 60s.</div>
  
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But when you toss in the rise of television and the way Kennedy harnessed the new medium's power
- Anne Hulthen on 09 May 14
  
  One of the first uses of mass media. However's Kennedy's use of this medium reflects the Kennedy's campaigns strategy of Youth and being in touch with the Youth generation. Almost like Obama. This also reflects the 60s which was really the age of Youth and Newness.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">One of the first uses of mass media. However's Kennedy's use of this medium reflects the Kennedy's campaigns strategy of Youth and being in touch with the Youth generation. Almost like Obama. This also reflects the 60s which was really the age of Youth and Newness.</div>
  
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when Kennedy came across as presidential
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who was witty, charming, handsome
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Filmmaker Robert Drew was given up-close access to Kennedy in Wisconsin to produce a documentary
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JFK also tapped into popular culture to appeal to voters. His ads moved beyond the stodginess of past campaigns. There was no bigger star than Frank Sinatra, who reworked one of his big hits into a JFK jingle:
- Anne Hulthen on 09 May 14
  
  Pop culture. This was another big thing in the late 50s, early 60s, the development of pocket change and rapid consumption of culture as a commodity. Perhaps JFK's biggest achievement in his presidential campaign was treating his presidency as a commodity, something he needed to commercialize and sell to the American people. Hence Frank Sinatra, a marketable aspect.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Pop culture. This was another big thing in the late 50s, early 60s, the development of pocket change and rapid consumption of culture as a commodity. Perhaps JFK's biggest achievement in his presidential campaign was treating his presidency as a commodity, something he needed to commercialize and sell to the American people. Hence Frank Sinatra, a marketable aspect.</div>
  
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"They understood that when you run a campaign like this," Dallek says, "you not only have to present yourself as attractive, appealing, effective, promising, but you also have to show that your opponent has terrible weaknesses, things that you wouldn't want to see in the White House."
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The Kennedy campaign also featured a strong outreach to Hispanic voters, presenting an ad with the candidate's wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, speaking in Spanish.
- Anne Hulthen on 09 May 14
  
  He really courted all demographics of the American population.
  
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Presidential Powers, by Elena Kagan | 2001 | Harvard Law Review - 0 views

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Presidential Control; Congressional Control; Self-Control; Interest-Group Control; Judicial Control...

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Did Obama "cave" ? | Presidential Power - 0 views

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Obama had 2 imperatives during this fight: prevent a default + get this issue off the table till after 2012. Period.

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Elena Kagan is Progressive...on Strong Executive (Presidential) Powers | Slate - 0 views

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"Elena Kagan Is a Progressive on Executive Power"

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Kagan's Responses to Sen Pat Leahy on Bush Admin's "State Secrets" Abuses (2009) - 0 views

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Obama, Debt Ceiling, 14th Amendment, Legality/Illegality | Balkinization - 0 views

Obama didn't "cave" on the debt ceiling - 0 views

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