Presidents on the Presidency • Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) – “[It] is a place of splendid misery” • John Quincy Adams – “The four most miserable years of my life were my four years in the presidency.” • Rutherford B. Hayes – “Nobody ever left the presidency with less regret.” • James A. Garfield – “What is there in this place that a man should ever want to get into it!” • William McKinley – “I have had all the honor there is in this place and have had responsibilities enough to kill a man.” • William H. Taft – “I’m glad to be going – this is the loneliest place in the world.” • Warren G. Harding – “[The presidency] is a prison.” • Harry S. Truman – “There is no exaltation in the office of the President of the United States – sorrow is the proper word.” • Dwight D. Eisenhower – “Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.”
Presidents on the Presidency. Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) – “[It] is a place of splendid misery” John Quincy Adams – “The four most miserable years of my life were my four years in the presidency.” Rutherford B. Hayes – “Nobody ever left the presidency with less regret.” - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Presidents on the Presidency• Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) – “[It] is a place of splendid misery”• John Quincy Adams – “The four most miserable years of my life
were my four years in the presidency.”• Rutherford B. Hayes – “Nobody ever left the presidency with less
regret.”• James A. Garfield – “What is there in this place that a man should
ever want to get into it!”• William McKinley – “I have had all the honor there is in this place
and have had responsibilities enough to kill a man.”• William H. Taft – “I’m glad to be going – this is the loneliest place
in the world.”• Warren G. Harding – “[The presidency] is a prison.”• Harry S. Truman – “There is no exaltation in the office of the
President of the United States – sorrow is the proper word.”• Dwight D. Eisenhower – “Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.”
HOW A PRESIDENT IS ELECTED
1. Plan to Run for Office is Announced• Get their name “out there” for potential voters to know
and remember• Usually 1 to 2 years before a presidential election
• John McCain 2008 election announcement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJZA8Vft-Eo
• This begins the endless commercials and baby-kissing
• They also hope to win the support of party delegates who will vote for a specific candidate at the party’s national convention
3. Caucuses and Primary elections take place in the states
• Primary elections: D vs. D and R vs. R• OPEN primary – any qualified voter can take part in the
vote (23 states)• CLOSED primary – only declared party members can take
part in the vote (27 states and DC) • Pennsylvania has a closed primary
• Caucus – meetings where people decide and discuss which candidate/delegates to support
Along the way, the herd is thinned…• Candidates will drop out for personal reasons, because of
party influence, or because of major “woopsies” along the way
• Best ways to not become President:1. Forget your own platform2. Follow the Herman Cain School of Employee Relations3. Get dominated in a debate4. Scare your own supporters5. Get your nation’s history wrong