Campaign Rhetoric

Ignore the Negative Ads; Watch How He Treats His Wife

Pam Atherton | Posted 11.28.2008 | Home

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 11.16.2008 | Media

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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 04.22.2008 | Home

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

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 03.28.2008 | Home

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 ...