Campaign Rhetoric

A Presidential Candidate Openly Taking Meds? Don't Bet On It

Kaitlin Bell Barnett | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Psychiatry, Political Psychology, Republican Primary, Michele Bachmann, Antidepressants, Republican Presidential Candidates, Abraham Lincoln, Campaign Rhetoric, Presidential Election, Newt Gingrich, Barry Goldwater, Medication, Prescription Meds, Politics News
Kaitlin Bell Barnett

Today, we know a lot more about mental illness than we did forty years ago. But given the grueling and brutal demands of modern campaigning, we would be extremely unlikely to embrace a presidential candidate who acknowledged taking drugs for a psychiatric condition.

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Sam Stein

Obama Campaign Channels '08 Slogan, Changes To "Change Is"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- It's been a subtle alteration but an alteration nonetheless. In his past two campaign speeches, President Barack Obama has adopted a con...

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Ignore the Negative Ads; Watch How He Treats His Wife

Pam Atherton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President, Senator, Pete Domenici, Tom Udall, New Mexico, Negative Campaigning, Obama, Election, Steve Pearce, Attack Ads, McCain Robocalls, Obama Email Smear, McCain Negative Attacks, Compassion, Barack Obama, Obama Negative Attacks, Campaign Rhetoric, Respect, John McCain, Home News
Pam Atherton

There are quick ways to assess the measure of a man, whether he's a date or a guy running for office. Anybody can put on party manners for the camera, but what is he like underneath the show?

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Honorary Canadian Jeffrey Feldman on Dirty Campaign Rhetoric And Why He Thinks McCain Lost The Debate (Even If Joe The Plumber Won)

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Campaign Rhetoric, John McCain, Presidential Debate, Barack Obama, Jeffrey Feldman, Presidential Debates, Sarah Palin, Dirty Campaign Tricks, Joe the Plumber, Fox News, Eat the Press, Video, Media News

Feldman is a scholar, author, commentator, teacher, blogger and expert on speeches and messaging -- but in Canada, they know him as one half of CBC Newsworld's team of "American political experts."

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Report: Prison-Packing Politics A National Disaster

Lecia Shorter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Campaign Rhetoric, State Budgets, Three-Strike Laws, Clinton, Senator Obama, Prison, Corrections, Prison Spending, Pew Report, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Campaign 2008, Incarcration, Home News
Lecia Shorter

The costs of citizen incarceration and prison spending have skyrocketed and recidivism remains high. At last, policymakers are questioning the wisdom of tough-on-crime campaign rhetoric.

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Giuliani's Tough Talk On Terror Undercut By His Record As Mayor

The Washington Post | Alec MacGillis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2008 Election, War on Terror, Campaign Rhetoric, World Trade Center, Rudy Giuliani, Stump Speeches, Home News

As he campaigns for president, Giuliani describes the 1993 attack as having been forefront in his mind throughout his mayoralty, saying it was others ...

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