Julian Zelizer
Historian reflects on George McGovern’s enduring impact on presidential politics
George McGovern, in 1972, lost his bid to be elected president in a landslide. But four years earlier, he led a commission that totally changed how presidential party nominees are chosen. That system remains in place to day and is, perhaps, one of McGovern’s most enduring legacies. He died this weekend, at age 90.
Obama’s State of the Campaign Address
Tuesday night’s state of the union address will be a prime-time assessment of the nation’s policy, economy and infrastructure and a laundry list of Administration policy goals set for the future. It will also serve as the opening salvo to President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. To look at the State of the Union as prime time […]
Frustration nation: why Americans are angry and D.C. broken
A new CNN poll finds that 86 percent of Americans think that government is broken. This week, we kick off a series called ‘Frustration Nation,’ where we examine the gridlock in the capital and how politics has come to be so divisive in America.