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Oftentimes during the period in which conventions really did business, you had situations where the delegates were divided and you would have ballot after ballot…

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To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin.
First of all, there's no mention of political parties in the Constitution, so you begin American history with not only no political…
So if 1960 had occurred under the old convention system, Kennedy would have had a very hard time getting the Democratic nomination…
You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the…
As parties began to develop around the turn of the 19th century, you had party nominees for President nominated in caucuses made…
So the result was that as one approached a political convention for most of the 19th century and for most of the…
The Founding Fathers would be sorry to see that America had become so divided and factionalized.
The founders were very worried that if parties developed in America, you might have something like the modern Italian system, where you…
Then you get to the last half of the 20th century, Americans are getting very skeptical about their leaders and their institutions,…
Legacy is what a president does that affects later generations.
Oftentimes during the period in which conventions really did business, you had situations where the delegates were divided and you would have…
From the beginning of the presidential nominating conventions in the 1830's really through the 1950's, you had conventions that actually did real…

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Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated. — Theodor Adorno
To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. — David McCullough
Honored delegates, leaders of the world, I pretend for a living. — Leonardo DiCaprio
It appears to me, then, little short of a miracle, that the Delegates from so many different States . . . should… — George Washington
If you’ve been here, in New York, it has been dominated by the UN General Assembly, the annual event where delegates come… — John Oliver
Do one of three things. One, go and find a wailing wall and feel sorry for yourselves. Two, go psycho and start… — Saul Alinsky
I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even if they could not speak the principal… — Fredrik Bajer
The striking thing is that WHO doesn't really have the authority to do any of this. It can't tell governments what to… — Atul Gawande
It's very important, who has the most delegates. The superdelegates should not be the ones making the decision. — Linda Chavez-Thompson
I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. The Constitution clearly delegates… — Dana Rohrabacher
Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted. — A B Simpson
I would point out that Japan's proposal at the Versailles Peace Conference on the principle of racial equality was rejected by delegates… — Hideki Tojo

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