Obama and the dawn of the Fourth Republic | Salon - The Diigo Meta page

• 13 May 09
  

  Allyson Eddy Bravmann

  Politics barack obama

• 01 Mar 09
  

  Kenneth LeFebvre
  • Since the American Revolution, we Americans have been governed by several republics as well. But because we, like the British, pay lip service to formal continuity more than do the French, we pretend that we have been living under the same government since the federal Constitution was drafted and ratified in 1787-88.
  • Policy shifts, more than public opinion polls or election results, suggest that a truly transformative moment may be upon us.
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  • • During the backlash era, Jeffersonians manage to modify, but never undo, the structure created by the Hamiltonians in the previous era.
    • And Jefferson himself, contradicting his small-government philosophy, exercised sweeping powers as president, purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France on his own initiative and promoting a federal embargo on U.S. exports to Britain and France
    • The first Jeffersonian backlash came later, under Andrew Jackson and his allies between 1824 and 1860.
• 15 Nov 08
  

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  salon america politics history obama

• 10 Nov 08
  

  Chris Guillou

  Interesting ....

  toferyu

• 09 Nov 08
  

  Kimberly Watrud

  history politics

• 08 Nov 08
  

  Patrick Higgins

  obama election politics newleft

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  Robert Maguire

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