In 1937 he was to cover the Chicago Cub's spring training in California, but before he left he met an actress in Des Moines, she in turn arranged for him to meet with her agent in Hollywood. ... He was seen as a potential savior of the California Republican party, which had been torn apart by factional infighting. In 1962 he formally switched parties and campaigned for former vice-president Richard Nixon, the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial candidate in California. ... By confronting the violent demonstrations at that state university, he ordered the California Highway Patrol and...

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Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California in 1913, the second of five sons of Francis Anthony Nixon and Hannah Milhous Nixon ( ) The Nixon family was seemingly plagued by a history of early deaths. ... After public school Nixon went on to study at Whittier College, a Quaker institution, where he majored in history ( ).This is where Nixon first started becoming politically active, he was president of the freshman class, star of the debate team and in his senior year became the Southern California Intercollegiate Extemporaneous Speaking champion and class President ( ). ... In the 1946 election...

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Two kinds of War Powers Legislation awaited final action in the Senate and the House in 1973. One would establish strict limits on the President's power to take the country into war without specific authorization by Congress, in pursuance of the power to declare war given to the Congress by the Con...

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The Path to Reform: Third Party Constraints and the Barriers to Third Party Success - A Critical Review I. Introduction 3 II. Methodology ...3-6 III. Devurger's Law: The "Wasted Vote- and the "Spoiler Effect- .6-9 IV. Presidential Electoral System .9-12 V. ...

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Throughout the history of the United States, presidential policies have played a crucial role in the development of the country. With great power comes great responsibility; the president sometimes has to make the tough decisions when it comes to policy making because his or her decision can be very controversial leading to harsh criticisms. The president has the ability to make this tough decision because he or she has a cool deliberative sense of community. Every president from George Washington to Barrack Obama has had to deal with their fair share of making tough policies that were heavil...

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