In early 2007, lots of people assumed Hillary Clinton was going to be the Democratic nominee for president. With name recognition and experience, she was a safe pick to win. Like the New England Pa...

Obama won a second presidential term in 2012, becoming just the second Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt to be elected to back-to-back terms. (The other was Bill Clinton.) The second time around...

Believe it or not, the crisis of 2008 wasn't actually the first time the good, ole U.S. of A. experienced tough times. To write the 2009 inaugural address, Jon Favreau studied past addresses from d...

Early on in the 2009 inaugural address, Obama says "we have chosen hope over fear" (7.1). Why did the other side represent "fear"? You'd have to look back four years to know what Obama was talkin...

The 2008 election was slated to be an era-defining victory for Democrats. With Bush's presidency in the ground and Democratic majorities in Congress, the talking heads on cable TV started discussin...