Bill Clinton's campaign team had engineered an amazing victory over a once-popular incumbent in 1992, labeling the controversial former Arkansas Governor "the Comeback Kid". For the second election in a row it would be a contest between a Democrat, a Republican and a third party candidate in the form of Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot, although ( Read more... )

Many people believe that presidential election debates and running mate selections make very little difference in the outcome of a election. The 1988 contest tends to support that theory, given that in early October one of the most memorable debate moments took place in that contest, not in the debates between the presidential candidates, but in ( Read more... )

n 1976 the odds were stacked against Gerald Ford in his bid to be elected as President of the United States in his own right. Ford had become President following the resignation of Richard Nixon on August 9, 1974. At first there was considerable public support for Ford, who was perceived as an honest breath of fresh air after the many ( Read more... )

Bill Clinton's campaign team had engineered an amazing victory over a once-popular incumbent in 1992, labeling the controversial former Arkansas Governor "the Comeback Kid". For the second election in a row it would be a contest between a Democrat, a Republican and a third party candidate in the form of Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot, although ( Read more... )

Gerald Ford was never elected as Vice-President or as President of the United States. But in 1976 he was the President and had been in that position for over two years by the time the November election rolled around that year. Ford had been an "incumbent" for just over two years when he ran for re-election in 1976. In 1976 the odds were stacked ( Read more... )

Gerald Ford is the only person to serve as Vice-President and President of the United States without having been elected to either office. Following the Watergate scandal, Ford became President upon the resignation of President Richard Nixon, August 9, 1974. On September 8, Ford's first major act in office was to grant a full and unconditional ( Read more... )

George Herbert Walker Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts on June 12, 1924. His father was Prescott Sheldon Bush and his mother was the former Dorothy Bush. The Bush family moved from Milton to Greenwich, Connecticut, shortly after his birth. In 1936, the future president began attending Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, where he later ( Read more... )

Over the years Republicans and Democrats alike have looked to congressional leaders to find their candidates for the presidency, especially in years where it looked like they were up against a strong incumbent. (Recent examples are John McCain, Barry Goldwater and John Kerry.) They have also looked for candidates who served in combat (such as Harry ( Read more... )

(This article was originally posted on August 13, 2015 as part of a series entitled Presidents in Parody.)I was going to begin this entry explaining what The Simpsons is, but really, if you haven't heard of the very popular award winning Fox satire cartoon show that has been running for [at the time this was first written] 26 years, then you ( Read more... )

Gerald Ford was never elected as Vice-President or as President of the United States. But in 1976 he was the President and had been in that position for over two years by the time the November election rolled around that year. Ford had been an "incumbent" for just over two years when he ran for re-election in 1976. In 1976 the odds were stacked ( Read more... )