Jane or Jill? Before speculation begins about potential vice presidential candidates of the two leading Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, their marital partners Jill and Jane deserve an introduction. They share numerous biographical facts. Both women are… Read More ›
Presidential Campaigns and Elections
All the Presidents’ Campaign Posters: Stars & Stripes Every Which Way
The art of politics is a deft game, played in many shades of many colors. Unlike presidential campaign posters, which inevitably uses red, white and blue. There is an art to everything, certainly when it comes to electing a President… Read More ›
Whore, Hayseed, Bigamist, Bigot, Slut, Snob, Drunk: Candidate Wives As Campaign Issues
Earlier this week, another malicious skirmish broke out on the presidential campaign trail. First came an advertisement from a wing of the Stop-Trump movement using an old advertising photograph of the the candidate’s wife Melania Trump, a former model, showing… Read More ›
2016 Presidential Candidates Most Ethnically Diverse in History
Love them or hate them, they’re running for President. Apart from the obvious fact that one is a woman and one is an African-American, the current panel of presidential candidates facing off as either Republicans or Democrats during the 2016… Read More ›
Jackie in Harlem, Mamie on TV & Other Former First Lady Campaigning
Just posted on the National First Ladies’ Library Blog is the first compact history of former First Ladies getting out on the presidential campaign trail on behalf of candidates other than their husbands. But it was still, largely, a family affair…. Read More ›
The Candidates’ Spouses: Not All Cute Little Buttons
For far longer than conventional wisdom would have us believe, Americans voting for a President et of the United States have given consideration to a matter that had – at least on the surface – nothing to do with policy…. Read More ›
The Caricature-Building Comments of Ann Romney & Michelle Obama in Context
Reaction to the comment made last week by Ann Romney about what she meant by using the words “you people,” are much like the reaction four years ago to the one made by Michelle Obama about feeling “proud for the first… Read More ›
“Hello Lyndon!” How Carol Channing Helped LBJ Win the Election
They were both accused, at times, of being corny caricatures, but as human beings the legendary President from Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Hollywood and Broadway actress Carol Channing were exuberant and enthusiastic about what they loved most. And in… Read More ›
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