The Permanent Campaign

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and Taxes: How America Got Into Its Budget Mess, and
Intensive Care: How Congress Shapes Health Policy.
Amy Mitchell is a journalist whom graduated from Georgetown University, she has written may articles concerning government and the media and was a congressional associate at the American Enterprise Institute for four years. She is now the staff director of the Committee of Concerned Journalists. The CCJ is an organization of editors, producers, reporters, and producers whom are concerned with the future of the media. They believe that right now is a crucial moment in American journalism and it is time to sit down and talk about the core principles and function of journalism.
The Article “” takes a look at the way the American political system has evolved over the years. When George Washington was president he did not campaign any before he was put in office. When he was in office he only made a few public appearances and when he did he didn’t speak a word. ...

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nomination speech in Madison Square Garden in front of a huge crowd. Traditionally these speeches were given only to the party leaders. This effort to bring the candidates closer to the voters had dramatic effects on the way elections were being conducted, many states started having primary elections to judge the parties’ candidates popularity.
After the riot at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968 reforms were finally made and now candidates would be chosen directly by the voters in the primaries instead of the party officials just using the elections as a poll to the popularity
of the candidates, then making their own decision as to who to choose as the ...

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