Posted in American History, HNN Blog, Presidents, US Presidential Campaign, tagged Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, Barack Obama, Civil Rights Act 1964, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, Democratic Party, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George Wallace, George Washington, Harry Truman, Hillary Clinton, Jim Crow, John C. Calhoun, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Republican Party, slavery, South, Thomas Jefferson on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Obama has made his mark by seizing leadership of the party that was once the bastion of racists
GIL TROY, The Montreal Gazette, HNN, Friday, August 29, 2008
The moment when Hillary Rodham Clinton suspended the state-by-state roll call vote she had demanded, moving for the 2008 Democratic Convention to nominate Senator Barack Obama by acclamation, was [...]
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Gil Troy, The National Post, Thursday, August 28, 2008
Reuters
As they are gathered in Denver this week to nominate a presidential candidate, Democrats are feeling a bit woozy — and it is not from altitude sickness. Convention-goers are realizing that the conventional wisdom about this election is wrong. For months we have heard that 2008 will [...]
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HNN, 8-27-08
Remembering the two great convention concessions of modern times – Ronald Reagan’s speech in 1976 after losing to Gerald Ford and Ted Kennedy’s speech in 1980, after losing to Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton’s Denver speech fell flat. What was missing was what George H.W. Bush infamously dismissed as “that vision thing.” Reagan’s address, [...]
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Posted in HNN Blog, US Presidential Campaign, tagged Barack Obama, campaign issues, Cindy McCain, Democratic National Convention, education, Edward Kennedy, Jill Biden, Joe Biden, John McCain, Michelle Obama, wealth on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
HNN, 8-26-08
Michelle Obama had two tasks last night when addressing the Democratic National Convention, one positive and one negative. She had to offering a compelling narrative about her life and her husband’s while dispelling the rumors that the two were too elitist and not patriotic enough. To execute this unassisted double-play she uncorked that traditional, [...]
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Posted in HNN Blog, US Presidential Campaign, tagged Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bill Richardson, Chriss Dodd, Democratic Party, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Robert Bork, running mate, Samuel Alito, Vice President on August 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
By Gil Troy
HNN, 8-24-08
It is possible that liberals, conservatives and centrists who are not blinded by Obamania may all be able to agree that Joe Biden was a terrible choice as a running mate? Despite his contempt for George W. Bush, Obama seemed to be channeling the Cheney choice with this pick – trying [...]
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Posted in HNN Blog, US Presidential Campaign, tagged Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Convention, Dick Cheney, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, I have a dream speech, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Michael Dukakis, Richard Nixon, Walter Mondale on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Gil Troy
HNN, 8-22-08
Presidential campaigns make for compelling stories because they are so dynamic. In 1960, Richard Nixon was the obvious, experienced favorite over that rookie upstart John F. Kennedy. Americans began 1984 reading polls showing that Walter Mondale would whip the incumbent president, Ronald Reagan. And four years later, Michael Dukakis enjoyed a [...]
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McGill on the Move: Lecture with Gil Troy
The McGill Alumni Association of Toronto extends a cordial invitation to graduates, family and friends to attend a lecture and reception with Gil Troy, Professor of History, McGill University.
“Understanding How They Run By Seeing How They Ran: A Historian’s Guide to the U.S. Elections”.
6:30 pm – Tour (Meet [...]
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Posted in HNN Blog, Presidents, US Presidential Campaign, tagged Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Convention, Denver, Dwight Eisenhower, Hillary Clinton, Howard Taft, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt on August 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
By Gil Troy, HNN, August 15, 2008
The news that Hillary Rodham Clinton’s name will be placed in nomination at the Democratic National Convention not only cheered her still-disappointed supporters. It also delighted television network executives saddled with the task of attracting viewers to the Democratic National Exercise in Rubber-Stamping. All of a sudden, the drama [...]
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Posted in American History, HNN Blog, US Presidential Campaign, tagged 1961, Audacity of Hope, Baby Boomers, Baby Busters, Barak Obama, Bill Clinton, CNN, Crossfire, Father Knows Best, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Carter, John McCain, Leave it to Beaver, Michelle Obama, Vietnam War, Watergate on August 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
By Gil Troy, HNN, 8-8-08
Barack Obama celebrated his 47th birthday this week with minimal fanfare. The anniversary of his birth on August 4, 1961 highlights his campaign’s often-underappreciated generational dimensions. Obama was not just born later than most national leaders, he imbibed a different sensibility. Demographers may clump Obama – and his wife Michelle who [...]
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