William Jennings Bryan

The Hillary Factor: Denver Convention, 1908

Kate Kelly | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, William Jennings Bryan, Denver Convention, Politics News
Kate Kelly

While Denver was no "good luck" charm for the 1908 nominee William Jennings Bryan, the Democrats and the newspeople of today might be heartened to be reminded of how the nomination unfolded.

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America's 40 Years War at an End

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sean Wilentz, Bill Clinton, Grand Theft Jesus, Culture Wars, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin Roosevelt, Civil War, Patrick Buchanan, Barack Obama, Forty Years War, Theodore Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, William Jennings Bryan, Robert La Follette, John Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, Elitism, Hillary Clinton, Robert Kennedy, Karl Rove, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

RFK and Barack Obama may come to be seen as the bookends of the second American civil war, a war that has divided the nation and been a dominant force in our politics for four decades.

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Walter Mondale: One of History's Winners

Al Eisele | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Walter Mondale, Vice President, Al Gore, Eugene McCarthy, William Jennings Bryan, Adlai Stevenson, Losing Presidential Candidates, Barry Goldwater, Walter Mondale Endorses, Walter Mondale Hillary, Politics News
Al Eisele

Mondale has won his place in history as the man who transformed the office of the vice presidency from irrelevancy and impotence to one of genuine importance.

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