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National politics in the new republic, one the best book award from the societies of historians of the early american republic. Her most recent book, the field of blood violence and congress and the road to civil war, explores physical violence in 1830 and the civil war. What it suggests about the institution of congress, the nature of american sectionalism, the challenges of the young nations developing democracy, and the longstanding roots of the civil war. Welcome professor. Thank you as my pleasure to be here, its my particular pleasure to continue with the introductions, and introduced th...

Independent president ial candidate ross perot. Ing good evening from atlanta and welcome to the Vice President ial debates sponsored by the nonpartisan commission on president ial debates. Its being held here in the theater for the arts on the campus of georgia tech. Im hal bruno from abc news and id moderate tonights keebt. The participants are republican Vice President dan quayle. [ applause ] democratic senator al gore. [ applause ] and retired vise admiral james stockdale, the Vice President ial nominee for independent candidate ross perot. Now, the ground rules for tonights debate. Each ...

Next, a Political Science professor teaches a class about president ial debates and their influence on voters. We will start today by talking about candidate debates. That is my favorite thing about a campaign. I am really excited to talk about this today. I want to give you a little bit of history. President ial and Vice President ial general election debates became a highlight of the campaign season. I it is something we expect to happen. Guess its also common in high profile races. So when was the first debate . As a historical trivia question. Anybody know . Ill give you a hint. No one rec...

President jimmy carter and former california governor Ronald Reagan debated once. The debate took place in cleveland, ohio one week before election day. Good evening. Im ruth hiner fald of the league of women voters education fund. Next tuesday is election day. Before going to the polls voters want to understand the issues and know the candidates positions. Tonight voters will have an opportunity to see and hear the Major Party Candidates for the presidency, state their views on issues that affect us all. The league of women voters is proud to present this president ial debate. Our moderator i...

Nancy pelosi and representative jamie raskin of maryland unveiled legislation to create the commission on president ial capacity saying the commission is for future president s. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here. We are really honored to have jamie raskin to redistribute legislation which is so very important. I hope you will prepare yourself for a civics lesson, a presentation on the constitution of the United States. The 20 fifth amendment of the constitution was ratified in 1967 after the assassination of president kennedy with strong bipartisan support. Members of congress h...