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• Hist 221 - The United States Since 1865
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• HIST 301 - The History of American Presidential Campaigning
• HIST 301: Course Pack - Readings
• HIST 461D - Topics in Twentieth Century History: Ronald Reagan and the Presidency

HIST 301 Course Pack: Readings

GENERAL SOURCES

• Campaign ads from 1952-present shown in class can be seen at Living Room Candidate

• ELECTORAL MAPS:
• FOR OVERVIEWS OF EACH CAMPAIGN SEE: multied.com

• Getting the Message Out! National Political Campaign Materials, 1840-1860, University of Chicago: Digital archive with images, sound and text.
• HarpWeek : Materials for the elections of 1860-1884, and the campaigns of 1888, 1892, and 1896. They include over 90 cartoons from Harper's Weekly and Judge, each with historical commentary; biographical sketches of the major party nominees; an annotated timeline for each four-year period; and a narrative overview of each election. -- Elections Harpweek
• Online Campaign Literature Archive
• UCLA Online Campaign Literature Archive On-Line Campaign Literature Archive: This site includes candidacy announcements, Nomination acceptance speeches, campaign sticker banners and posters from 1960 to 2004 Campaign. -- 4president.org/
• The Authenic History - Audio of important political speeches -- authentichistory.com
• Debates and Campaigns: 1976-1996 -- Newshour with Jim Lehrer
• American President.org
• The Authenic History - Audio of important political speeches
• Debates and Campaigns 1976-1996
• William Caldwell, "Elections of Presidents" New York Times (Oct 14, 1900) p.5.
• Internet Public Library, Presidents of the United States

• William Caldwell, " Elections of Presidents New York Times (Oct 14, 1900), p.5.

INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW

• Campaigning Entry - Troy
• Troy - "Intro," History of Presidential Elections

Lecture 2: Barack Obama and the 2008 “Historic” Campaign

• Troy - 2008 Election Essay

SECTION #1: THE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN

Lecture 3: "Candidus": The Traditional Campaign

• The Federalist (Pps.40-44)
• 1. Cato's Letters, #13-14, 61-62 in Leonard W. Levy, ed., Cato's Letters: Essays on Liberty, Civil and Religious, 2 vols. (New York: De Capo Press, 1971), 1:82-88, 2:236-245.
• Declaration of Independence

Lecture 4: "A Bundle of Compromises": The Constitutional Campaign

• 2. Rev. Ebenezer Baldwin, An Appendix, Stating the Heavy Grievances the Colonies Labour Under from Several Late Acts of the British Parliament... (New-Haven: T. and S. Green, 1774), pp. 9-14.
• 3. The Constitution of the United States of America (especially Article II and Amendments 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 25, 26)
• 4. The Federalist Papers, selections Nos. 49, 68 70, 71, 72 *(esp. #68)

Lecture 5: George Washington and Republican Virtue - SPOTLIGHT: 1788

5. George Washington: Republican

• a. Letitia Baldridge, ed., George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.
• b. George Washington to Alexander Hamilton August 28, 1788
• Alexander Hamilton to GW, 3 Oct 1788
• Washington to John Adams, New York, 10 May 1789

Additional Primary Sources on Washington:

• George Washington Papers - University of Virginia
• American Memory - The George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799

SECTION #2: THE PARTY CAMPAIGN

Lecture 6: The Emergence of Parties

• Charts "Party Politics in America"

Lecture 7: Andrew Jackson and the Partisan Campaign - SPOTLIGHT: 1828

• 5. The Debate on Extended Suffrage in New York: Pro and Con Suffrage Debate, N.Y. Constitutional Convention of 1821, Peterson, ed., Democracy, Liberty, and Property, 190-207.

• a. Pro: Nathan Sanford, John Cramer in Nathaniel H. Carter and William l. Stone, eds. Reports of the Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of 1821... (Albany: E. and E. Horsford, 1821), pp. 178-180, 237-239
• b. Con: James Kent in Carter and Stone, Reports, pp. 220-222.

SECTION #3: THE GOLDEN AGE OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNING

Lecture 8: Confusion Reigns: 1840 and 1844 - SPOTLIGHT: 1840

6. Primary Sources, 1840, 1844:

• Getting the Message Out! National Political Campaign Materials, 1840-1860, University of Chicago: Digital archive with images, sound and text.
• Gen. Harrison's Speech at Dayton Convention, 10 Sept 1840
• Henry Clay, Raleigh Letter, 17 April 1844

• Henry Clay, Alabama Letters, 3 August 1844 and 31 Aug. 1844 and 23 Sept 1844
• James Polk's Letter of Acceptance and Polk's Kane Letter

9. Did Clay Blow It?

• THE WHIGS: AN OVERVIEW, pp. 11-16 in Daniel Walker Howe, The Political Culture of the American Whigs (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1979). The American Whigs: An Anthology
• a. Yes: Daniel Walker Howe, The Political Culture of the American Whigs (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1979), pp. 142-144.
• b. No: Lee Benson, The Concept of Jacksonian Democracy (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1961), pp. 134-141.

Lecture 9: Golden Age of Partisan Campaigning: Participation - SPOTLIGHT: 1860

10. Primary Sources, 1860

• Life, Speeches and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, Quinnipiac University
• EL Godkin 9 October 1858
• Letters of William Cullen Bryant to Abraham Lincoln 16 June 1860
• A Lincoln, Response to a Serenade, 18 May 1860
• AL 19 May 1860 Reply to a Committee of the Republican National Convention
• AL LETTER TO GEORGE ASHMUN MAY 23, 1860 Springfield. Ills. May 23. 1860
• AL to George Ashmun May 23 1860 and May 26 1860
• Salmon P. Chase to Abraham Lincoln, May 17, 1860 (Congratulations)
• Salmon P. Chase to Abraham Lincoln, May 17, 1860 (Congratulations)
AL to Salmon Chase 26 May 1860
• EL Godkin, Diary 13 July 1858
• Democratic National Convention letter from Stephen Douglas, 20 June 1860
• Stephen Douglas, Reply to Democratic National Convention, 24 June 1860 Life of Stephen A. Douglas: To which are Added His Speeches and Reports, Henry M. Flint, 1860 - Google books, Full text
• Stephen Douglas, Letter of Acceptance, 29 June 1860 Life of Stephen A. Douglas: To which are Added His Speeches and Reports, Henry M. Flint, 1860 - Google books, Full text
• The Press Comments on Stephen Douglas's Tour 1860

Additional Sources:

The Election of 1860

• Presidential Voting, 1844-1860 (By State)
• Map of 1856 Presidential Election
• Map of 1860 Presidential Election
• Democratic Platform (Douglas)
• Democratic Platform (Breckinridge)
• Republican Party Platform
• Constitutional Union Party Platform

11. Primary Sources, 1868: Do Active Candidates Become Active Presidents?

• a. Acceptances of Horatio Seymour, DNC 11 July 1868, Verbal reply and letter
• b. and U.S. U.S. Grant Letter of Acceptance, 29 May 1868 and Grant Grant Acceptance, 10 June 1872
• b. Selected Letters, Adam Badeau, Elihu B. Washburne, and William Eaton Chandler MSS., Library of Congress
• c. Selected Letters, Horatio Seymour MSS., New York State Library
• d. 1868 News Clippings from the"New York World", "Hartford Daily Courant," "New York Tribune."

Lecture 10: SPOTLIGHT 1876: Education and Partisanship

• 12. Richard Jensen, "Armies, Ad-men and Crusaders: Types of Presidential Election Campaigns," The History Teacher, 2 (1969): 33-50.
• 13. William L. Riordan, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, (New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1963), "To Hold Your District" "ON the Shame of the Cities" and "Bosses Preserve The Nation" - PDF Download

Additional Sources

• Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center on 1876
• HarpWeek - -1876 controversy

SECTION #4: 19th CENTURY CAMPAIGN TRANSFORMATIONS

Lecture 11: SPOTLIGHT 1896: The Battle of the Standards

14. Primary Sources, 1896

• a. " The Man, or the Platform?" North American Review, May 1892
• "The Man,or the Platform?" North American Review, May 1892 - pp. 1, 2, 3, 4
• b. "Private Life of a Candidate" from William Jennings Bryan, Memoir, Chapter 5
• c. "A Question of Dignity" NYTimes Editorial, 29 October 1896, p. 4

Additional Sources:

• 1896 Campaign: Includes political cartoons, parties and platforms, leaders, and campaign themes
• The Era of William McKinley
• 1896 & 1900 Materials from The New York Times

Lecture 12: The Power of the Press: The Brave New World of Twentieth Century Politics

15. Primary Sources, The Theodore Roosevelt Campaigns

• a. Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt, 26 October 1904.
• b. TR To George Cortelyou, 26 October 1904.
• c. TR to Moses Edwin Clapp, Aug 28, 1912.
• d. Excerpts, Official Proceedings of the Thirteenth Republican National Convention...., (Minneapolis: Harrison and Smith Co., 1904), pp. 11-22, 149, 153, 159, 212

Newspaper Excerpts on the Republican National Convention

• "ROOSEVELT AND CONVENTION: Busy Arranging Seating of Visitors and Selecting Speakers" New York Times (May 29, 1904) (1 pp.)
• APATHY AMONG DELEGATES:No Banners, No Pictures of Candidates, and No Enthusiasm. Special to The New York Times. New York Times (Jun 20, 1904) (1 pp.)
• "REPUBLICANS REPORT STRONG PARKER DRIFT: Leaders Express the Belief that He Will Be Nominated." New York Times (Jun 21, 1904) (1 pp.)
• "TAME CONVENTION; ANXIETY TO END IT :Republicans at Chicago Show Little Enthusiasm. FAINT ROOSEVELT CHEERS 3,000 Vacant Seats and Crowd Admitted to Help Fill Them. ROOT LAUDS PARTY'S RECORD Made Temporary Chairman -- Tariff Plank with Mild Reciprocity Clause Adopted in Committee on Resolutions." New York Times (Jun 22, 1904) (2 pp.)
• CANNON DISCARDS PREPARED ORATION:Declares Roosevelt Is Stronger Than the Republican Party. New York Times (Jun 23, 1904) (1 pp.)
• CANNON'S RUSE KEEPS CONVENTION. Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jun 23, 1904. p. 1 (2 pages)
• "CONVENTION EPIGRAMS: Witty and Pungent Sayings of Black, Beveridge and Knight". New York Times (Jun 24, 1904). (1 pp.)
• "ERA OF YOUNG MEN, DECLARES DOLLIVER: Places Fairbanks in Nomination for Vice President." New York Times (Jun 24, 1904) (1 pp.)
• "PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT LONG IN PUBLIC EYE: Was First Elected to Office When Twenty-four Years Old." New York Times (Jun 24, 1904) (1 pp.)
• "ROOSEVELT AND FAIRBANKS NAMED :Republicans Cheer Roosevelt Twenty-one." Minutes." New York Times (Jun 24, 1904) (2 pp.)

• e. Excerpts, The Campaign Text Book of the Democratic party of the United States, 1904, (New York: The Metropolitan Printing Company, 1904), pp. 17, 22, 31-32, 40, 48, 66-69, 304, 318-319, 352, 50-52.
• f. 1904 News Clippings from the St. Louis Post-Disaptch
• g. James S. Clarkson to Leigh Hunt, 1 October 1904 in James S. Clarkson MSS., Library of Congress.
• h. Joe Mitchell Chapple, "A New Era in Political Campaigning," National Magazine, September, 1908, pp. 601-610.
• i. Theodore Roosevelt to George O. Trevelyan, 19 June 1908 in James Ford Rhodes, The McKinley and Roosevelt Administrations, 1897-1909 (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922), pp. 381-388.
• j. 1912 Selections from Hilles MSS., Yale University, New York Times, Robert W. Woolley Papers, Library of Congress andNorth American Review.
• Comment on Judge Parker's Speech of Acceptance, From The Nation, Aug. 18, 1904, pp. 50-52.
• Theodore Roosevelt to George O. Trevelyan, 19 June 1908 in James Ford Rhodes, The McKinley and Roosevelt Administrations, 1897-1909, (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922), pp. 381-388.

16. Primary Sources, 1916-1928: The Old and New Politics

• a. Joseph P. Tumulty to Vance C. McCormick, 7 July 1916 in Arthur S. Link, ed. The Papers of Woodrow Wilson, 53+ vols. (Princeton University Press, 1966- ), 37:378-379.
• b. E.M. House to Woodrow Wilson, 25 July 1916 in Edward M. House, The Intimate Papers of Colonel House, Charles Seymour, ed. 4 vols. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926-1928), 2:360-363. - Appendix: House's Plan of Campaign, 20 June 1916.
• c. "Voting for President," The New Republic, 5 August 1916 pp. 5-7.
• d. Richard Boeckel, "The Man With the Best Story Wins," The Independent 102 (22 May 1920): 244-245.
• e. Selected Letters from Will Hays MSS., Indiana State Library, --to Albert D. Lasker, 4 Sept 1920.
  
  from Richard Child, 12 Sept 1920
  
  from Albert D. Lasker, 3 Sept 1920
• f. Selected Letters from Bruce Barton MSS., State Historical Society of Wisconsin, John W. Davis MSS., Yale University
• g. William Hard, "Politics Ain't What it Was," The Nation, 119 (22 October 1924): 441-442.
• h. Ernest Hamlin Abbott, "What the Country is Thinking," The Outlook 150 (24 October 1928): 1013.
• i. Governor Smith's Speech, New York City, 3 November 1928 in Alfred E. Smith MSS., New York State Library.

• "Hoover and Smith in Final Rallies." New York Times (November 4, 1928), p. 155.
• "Smith Ends Fight Tonight." New York Times (November 23, 1928), p. 2.

• j. Charles C. Marshall, "An Open Letter to the Honorable Alfred E. Smith," Atlantic Monthly 139 (April, 1927) 540-549.
• k. "Catholic and Patriot: Governor Smith Replies," Atlantic Monthly 139 (May, 1927) 721-728. - pp. 1, 2, 3, 4
• "Sues Boston Post on Smith's Reply". Special to the New York Times. New York Times (May 28, 1927), p.6.
• "Hoover Campaign". New York Times (June 26, 1928), p.7.
• "Robinson Ridicules Catholic 'Danger'". New York Times (July 18, 1928), p.6.
• l. Richard Hofstadter, "Could a Protestant Have Beaten Hoover in 1928?" - pp. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• m. David Burner, The Politics of Provincialism: The Democratic Party in Transition, 1918-1932 (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1967), pp. 230-241.

Additional Sources:

• Primary Sources 1924: UCLA Online Campaign Literature Archive On-Line Campaign Literature Archive
• Primary Sources 1928: UCLA Online Campaign Literature Archive On-Line Campaign Literature Archive

SECTION #5: THE VANISHING VOTER, 1900-2000

• 17. "The Vanishing Voter"

• a. Arthur M. Schlesinger and Eric M. Erikkson, "The Vanishing Voter," New Republic, 15 Oct. 1924, pp. 162-166.
• b. Robert Kuttner, " Why Americans Don't Vote," New Republic, Sept. 1987, pp. 19-21.
• c. VOTER Turnout Charts - Voter Participation in Presidential Elections, 1824-1928

• "Political Participation: Reinvolving the Voter",Chris Lewis, College of New Jersey
• Thomas Patterson, The Vanishing Voter [on HNN]
• Robert Zaller, "Perversities in the ideal of the Informed Citizenry" [1999]
• Robert Putnam, "Bowling Alone," Journal of Democracy 6:1, Jan 1995, 65-78

Lecture 13: FDR and the Rise of Mass Culture

18. Radio, 1924-1948

• a. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Packaging the Presidency (New York: Oxford University Press, 1984), pp. 19-35.
• b. Selections from Bruce Barton MSS., State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Charles E. Hughes MSS., Library of Congress.
• c."Electioneering on the Air," The New Republic, 3 September 1924: 8-9. -- The 1924 Radio Election By Don Moore, 1992
• d. News Clippings, New York Times, 1928 - "Eliminating Waste Oratory," New York Times, August 31, 1928, p. 18, ed.
• e. Alfred E. Smith, " The Lighter Side of Electioneering," Draft, Alfred E. Smith MSS., New York State Library.
• f. "Radio 'Debunking' the Campaigns," The Literary Digest, 99 (1 December 1928): 13.
• g. Orrin E. Dunlap, Jr., " Politics Discards the Radio Armchair Campaign," New York Times, 25 September 1932,8:8.
• h. "Do You Want a Showman or a Statesman?" San Francisco Examiner, 2 Nov. 1936, p. 10.
• i. Sherman H. Dyer, "Air Power," Collier's 106 (14 Sept. 1940): 18, 51-52.
• j. " The Radio and the Election, By 'The Listener,'" Atlantic Monthly 174 (September 1944): 115-119.
• k. Selections, Bruce Barton MSS., State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Thomas E. Dewey MSS., University of Rochester, Democratic National Committee MSS., Harry S. Truman Library.

19. Primary Sources, Franklin Roosevelt Campaigns

• a. "Cox and Roosevelt Define their Aims," New York Times, 21 July 1920, p. 5.
• b. " Set Up for the National Campaign, 1932," James Farley, Behind the Ballots (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938), pp. 158-161.
• c. Eleanor Roosevelt Memorandum, 16 July 1936, in Elliott Roosevelt, ed. F.D.R.: His Personal Letters, 4 vols. (New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1947-1950), 3: 598-601.
• d. "Republicans Gaining Every Day, 1936," Harold L. Ickes, The Secret Diary of Harold L. Ickes, 3 vols. (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953-1954), 1: 644-645.
• e. "The Second Presidential Campaign, 1936" Samuel I. Rosenman, Working With Roosevelt (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952), pp. 122-123, 126-127, 130-131, 134-135.
• f. " Summer Without Increase, 1936," Raymond Moley, After Seven Years (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939), 350-351.
• g. "Campaign, 1936," Marquis W. Childs, I Write from Washington (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942), pp. 118-119.
• h. Turner Catledge, " Republicans to Launch a New Kind of Campaign," New York Times, 16 August 1936,4:3.
• i. "Republicans Gaining, 1940," Ickes, Secret Diary, 3:350-3.
• j. "The Third Presidential Campaign, 1940" Rosenman, Working With Roosevelt, pp. 248-253.
• k. News Clippings, 1940 from New York Times.
  Louisville Courier-Journal Aug 29 1940 p. 7A , Los Angeles Times 23 Oct 1940 p. 2.
  NYTimes 12 Sept 1940, p. 24.
• WILLKIE PAPERS, LofC . "Text of Willkie's Address in the City Stadium," New York Times, Oct. 8, 1940 - Newark City Stadium, Oct. 7.
• l. Arthur Krock, "When Is a President's Speech Non-Political?" New York Times, 12 September 1940, p. 24.
• James A. Hagerty, "Third Term a Peril, Wilkie Declares." New York Times (September 12, 1940), p. 1.
• m. Arthur Krock, "An Efficiency Experted Tour for Votes," New York Times, 12 September 1944, p. 18.
• n. "Politics, 1944," Frances Perkins, The Roosevelt I Knew (New York: The Viking Press, 1946), pp. 118-121.
• o. News Clippings on The Fala Speech, 1944 from Time, New York Times, Detroit News.
• Campaign Dinner Address of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, September 23, 1944. Washington, DC- The Fala Address.
• Bertram D. Hulen, "Roosevelt Asserts 'Old Guard' Poses Now as 'New Deal." New York Times (September 24, 1944), p.1.
• Alexander Feinberg, " Vast Throngs see Roosevelt on Tour" New York Times (October 22, 1944), p. 35.
• p. Selections, Thomas E. Dewey MSS., University of Rochester, Bruce Barton MSS., State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
• President Hoover accepts / address at Republican notification ceremonies Washington, Aug 11, 1932

Additional Sources:

• UCLA Online Campaign Literature Archive On-Line Campaign Literature Archive:
  
  Primary Sources 1932
  
  Primary Sources 1936
  
  Primary Sources 1940

20. The Truman Miracle?

• a. Excerpts, Clark Clifford Memorandum, 19 November 1947, Clark Clifford MSS., Harry S. Truman Library.
• b. Bruce Barton to Herbert Brownell, 28 June 1948, Bruce Barton MSS., State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
• c. Excerpts, Robert H. Ferrell, ed. Off the Record: The Private Papers of Harry S. Truman (New York: Penguin Books, 1980, pps. 134, 144-145, 147-151.
• * TRUMAN DIARY: May 6, 1948, May 7, 1948, May 9, 1948, July 15, 1948, July 16, 1948, July 18, 1948, July 19, 1948, July 31, 1948 August 3 1948, Aug 18, 1948, Sept 11, 1948 Sept 13, Sept 14, Oct 5, Nov 7, Nov 14.
• d. Harry S. Truman, Memoirs, Volume 2: Years of Trial and Hope (New York: Doubleday & Co., 1956), 206-213, 218-222.
• e. Acceptance Speeches, Harry S. Truman, July 15, 1948 Thomas E. Dewey, June 14, 1948. Audio - Windows Media Player needed
  http://www.authentichistory.com/audio/1950s/1950s_speeches_01.html Audio - Windows Media Player needed
• Acceptance Speeches, Harry S. Truman, July 15, 1948
  Thomas E. Dewey, June 14, 1948.

• f. Salt Lake Telegram. News Clippings, 1948 from Newsweek, Oct 25, 1948, p. 40
  Enerst K. Lindley, Salt Lake Telegram.
  Washington Evening Star, St. Louis Star-Times.

• "Perspective on the Election." New York Times (Nov 7, 1948), p.E10.
• Robert G. Whalen. "Our Forecast: What Went Wrong?: The 48 Contributors Try to Explain Why It Was in Error." New York Times (Nov 7, 1948), p.E4.
• "Mr. Truman's Victory." New York Times (Nov 4, 1948), p.28.
• Arthur Krock.  " In The Nation: The Size and Nature of the Minority." New York Times (Nov 5, 1948), p.24.
• Anthony Leviero. " Truman Humble in Pledging Service to American People: PRESIDENT HUMBLE, RENEWING PLEDGES." New York Times (Nov 4, 1948), p.1.

• g. Clarence "Bud" Kelland to Bruce Barton, 5 November 1948, Bruce Barton Papers, State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
• h. George Gallup, Observations, in Thomas E. Dewey MSS., University of Rochester.
  Rutgers, e-politicalarchive -- 1948
  Polk Online
• i. Michael Barone, Our Country: The Shaping of America from Roosevelt to Reagan (New York: Free Press, 1990), 215-223.
• 1948 and Television - Ruthrauff and Ryan Advertising Memo for 1948 - Harry S Truman LIBRARY, Records of the Democratic National Committee, Publicity Division Files, "TV Instructions Issued by Ken Fry at Convention, 1948,"

SECTION #6: PERSONALITY AND PUBLICITY IN THE MODERN CAMPAIGN

The Kennedy-Nixon Debates

• The Kennedy-Nixon Debate Audio
• The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library - The 1960 Debates: Includes audio clips and transcripts from all four presidential debates, also includes transcripts from major campaign speeches. JFKLibrary.org
• The Kennedy-Nixon Debate Audio : authentichistory.com

Lecture 14: Richard Nixon and The Television Revolution: The Checkers Speech

Richard Nixon and The Television Revolution: The Checkers Speech

• The Checker's Speech

SECTION #7: DID TELEVISION RUIN THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN?

• 21. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, " Should Catholicism Disqualify a Candidate for President?" from Jamieson, Packaging the Presidency, pp. 124-137.
• 22. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, "The Competing Pasts of Nixon and Humphrey, from Jamieson, Packaging the Presidency, 254-275.
• 23. Lance Morrow, " Of Myth and Memory: Dreaming of 1960 in the New World," Time, 24 Oct. 1988, pp. 21-27.
• 24. Timothy Crouse, The Boys on the Bus (New York: Ballantine Books, 1972), pp. 3-11. -- Amazon.com Preview Pages
• 25. Hunter Thompson, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, '72 (New York: Fawcett Popular Library, 1973), pp. 330-333, 366-370, 396-399. -- Review -- Amazon.com Preview Pages
• 26. Marshall McLuhan, "All of the Candidates are Asleep," Saturday Evening Post, 241 (Aug. 10, 1968): 34-36. OR
  Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media, pp. 5-12 in Readings
• 27. "Attack Campaigning," Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Dirty Politics: Deception, Distraction and Democracy (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992), pp. 54-56. -- Amazon.com preview Pages

SECTION #8: MAKING AND SELLING THE PRESIDENT, 1968, 1972

Lecture 18: Tricky Dick, Betty Ford and the Primal Scene of Presidential Politics

28. Primary Sources, 1976

• a. Carter and Ford "Blueprints, Martin Schram, Running for President in 1976: The Carter Campaign (New York: Stein & Day, 1977), pp. 239-273, 288-291.
• "Jimmy Carter," The Playboy Interview, G. Barry Golson, ed. (New York: Playboy Press, 1981), pp. 466-469, 486-488.
• c. "Reaction to Jimmy Carter's Playboy Interview," Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 26 September 1976, C6.
• "Reaction to Jimmy Carter's Playboy Interview," Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 26 September 1976, C6.
• Charles Mohr, "Carter, on Morals, Talks With Candor" New York Times (Sep 21, 1976) p. 77.
• James Reston, "Carter In A Slump" New York Times (Sep 22, 1976) p.34.
• Lee Dembart, "Carter's Comments on Sex Cause Concern" New York Times (Sep 23, 1976) p. 36.
• d. Selections, Gerald R. Ford Library.
• e. Lou Cannon, " Now Sports Fans, Stay Tuned for the Joe and Jerry Show," Washington Post, 29 October 1976, A4.
• f. Garry Wills, "How Pure Must Our Candidates Be?" American Heritage, 39 (May/June 1988): 84-89.
• f. Garry Wills, "How Pure Must Our Candidates Be?" American Heritage, 39 (May/June 1988): 84-89. - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Additional Sources

• The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum - Jimmy Carter's Acceptance Speech, January 15, 1976
• Debates and Campaigns 1976-1996: Newshour with Jim Lehrer

SECTION #9: THE MODERN CAMPAIGN IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Lecture 20: The Presidency in the Age of the Popular Campaign

• 29. Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Acceptance Speeches, 1980 --
  

• Ronald Reagan Acceptance Speech
  Jimmy Carter acceptance Speech
  Acceptance Speeches, 1980 4president.org
• 30. James David Barber, The Presidential Character: Predicting Performance in the White House, 4th ed. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1992), pp. 236-238, 253-262. OR
  James David Barber, Politics by Humans: Research on American Leadership, (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1988), Chapter 4 Character and Style
• 1984- Mario Cuomo: "A Tale of Two Cities" - Text of address - Rev. Jesse Jackson

31. The Karachter Kops

• a. "Presidential Character and How to Foresee It," James David Barber, The Presidential Character: Predicting Performance in the White House, 4th ed. (Englewood Cliffs,NJ: Prentice Hall, 1992), pp. 1-11. -- Chart Summary
• b. "Six Candidates in Search of Character," Gail Sheehy, Character: America's Search for Leadership (New York: William Morrow & Co., 1988), pp. 11-29.
• c. "Hart-throb," Richard Ben Cramer, What It Takes: The Way to the White House (New York: Random House, 1992), pp. 389-392, 431-443. -- Amazon.com Preview Pages
• d. "Inquisition, American Style," Larry Sabato, Feeding Frenzy: How Attack Journalism Has Transformed American Politics (New York: The Free Press, 1991), pp. 1-7, 23-24.
• e. Perspectives on Character and Media, Selected from Robert E. Levin, Bill Clinton: The Inside Story (New York: S.P.I. Books, 1992), pp. 227-245.
• 1988: The George Bush Presidential Library & Museum George H.W. Bush's Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Convention - August 18, 1988

• 32. Selections from The New Republic " The Incredible Shrinking Sound Bite" by Kiku Adatto The New Republic 28 May 1990, pp. 17-23.

33. Are Voters Fools?

• a. Arthur B. Maas "Foreword" to V.O. Key, Jr., The Responsible Electorate (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966), pp. vii-xv.
• b. Samuel L. Popkin, The Reasoning Voter: Communication and Persuasion in Presidential Campaigns (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1991), pp. 7-13. -- Amazon.com Preview Pages
• c. "Voters are Pack Rats," Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Dirty Politics: Deception, Distraction and Democracy (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992), pp. 17-23, 272-273, 278-279. -- Amazon.com Preview Pages
• d. "Trends in Trust in Government, 1958-1984," Herbert B. Asher, Presidential Elections and American Politics: Voters, Candidates and Campaigns Since 1952, 4th ed.(Chicago: The Dorsey Press, 1988).
• e. "Issue Voting," from Crotty, pp. 50-53.
• f. "What the Democrats and Republicans Stand for," from Beck and Sorauf, pp. 436-437.
• Gil Troy, "Money and Politics: the Oldest Connection," Wilson Quarterly (Fall, 1997).

Lecture 22: George Bush wins in 2000 and 2004: what went wrong -- and what went right and Right?

• Troy - 2004 Election Essay
• Deadlock the Washington Post Analysis of the 2000 election, Focus on VIII, the epilogue, which identifies the key issues.
• Gil Troy, The Price of Playing it Cool, from Poppolitics.com
• Dershowitz v. Posner from Slate.com Dialogues, July 2 AND 3rd
• Democracy in Action's P2004: the 2004 Campaign: Sample at least 5 of the links at GWU P2004

Resources

• Ronald Reagan & the 1980s
• The Sixties
• The U.S. 1865 to Present
• The Presidency

Books

• Leading From The Center
• Hillary Rodham Clinton
• Morning in America
• Mr & Mrs President
• See How They Ran

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