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2012 Election

“You can repeal Obamacare from the comfort of your own home”: When the GOP encouraged its members to vote by mail

John Fea   |  May 3, 2021

I found Amy Gardner’s piece at The Washington Post through Tom Sullivan’s post at Hullabaloo. There was once a time when the GOP loved mail-in voting. No more. Here is Gardner: Republican operatives worth their salt remember well the Sunshine...

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When Bernie Sanders Tried to “Primary” Barack Obama

John Fea   |  February 20, 2020

Here is a taste of Edward-Isaac Dovere’s piece at The Atlantic, “The Hidden History of Sanders’s Plot to Primary Obama“: Bernie Sanders got so close to running a primary challenge to President Barack Obama that Senator Harry Reid had to intervene to stop...

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John Kerry: You May Want to "Walk Back" That Rocky IV Line from 2012

John Fea   |  March 30, 2017

A “preposterous claim?” [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgUyqLrgO7Q&w=560&h=315]...

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Barack Obama May Want to "Walk This One Back"

John Fea   |  March 30, 2017

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A Tale of Two Word Clouds

John Fea   |  July 17, 2016

Compare Romney’s “roll-out” of Ryan in 2012 with Trump’s “roll-out” of Pence yesterday.  Courtesy of NBC News:...

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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan on 60 Minutes–August, 2012

John Fea   |  July 17, 2016

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If History is Any Indication…

John Fea   |  December 24, 2015

Will Trump win the GOP nomination? Who will win the Republican primary?  If recent history is any indication, it is far too early to tell. And with the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary not taking place until February 2016,...

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From the Archives: Education for a Democracy

John Fea   |  October 19, 2015

How did Jefferson understand the idea of an “informed citizenry?” I originally published this piece in March 2012 when I was writing my Patheos column “Confessing History.”  I loved writing that column and still stand by most of what I...

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What Mitt Romney Said About Russia

John Fea   |  March 5, 2014

It looks like he was right. From Isaac Chotiner at The New Republic: In the course of the last presidential campaign, Mitt Romney made a comment about America’s number one “geopolitical foe,” which Romney claimed was Russia. He was mocked by...

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Watch “Mitt”

John Fea   |  February 15, 2014

You can now watch the entire 90 minute film here.  I was riveted by it. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVBkP4-TAY0]...

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Obama Thanks Bruce

John Fea   |  February 21, 2013 Leave a Comment

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Joseph Ellis on What George Washington Would Think About the 2012 Election

John Fea   |  November 16, 2012 Leave a Comment

Frankly, this whole line of questioning by The Wall Street Journal is rather odd, but Joseph Ellis does a nice job of dealing with it.  Here is a taste: What would be George Washington’s thoughts about the 2012 elections? If […]

Stephen Hahn on Race and the Obama Re-Election

John Fea   |  November 13, 2012

Stephen Hahn is a Pulitzer-Prize winning historian of race in the post-bellum South.  In Sunday’s New York Times, he reflects historically on race and Barack Obama’s re-election last week, particularly in the wake of the racial slurs cast on Obama...

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The World Reacts to the Obama Victory

John Fea   |  November 10, 2012 1 Comment

My colleague Cathay Snyder passed this along.  Very interesting. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640 Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Life and the 2012 Election

John Fea   |  November 9, 2012

Michael New of the The National Review reports that “life” fared pretty well in the 2012 election.  A taste: …ballot measures dealing with sanctity-of-life issues fared well on election day. First Montana voters approved LR 120 by a nearly 2...

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This Week’s “Anxious Bench” Post at Patheos: “Why I Am Glad The Election is Over”

John Fea   |  November 7, 2012

“As an American historian, what do you think about the 2012 presidential election?” I am asked this question often and I am never sure how to answer it.  Ask me in another ten or twenty years and maybe I might...

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Do Partisans Make Poor Citizens?

John Fea   |  November 6, 2012

My Messiah College colleague Robin Lauermann has an op-ed in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer reflecting on the problems with political partisanship.  I think it is an important read this Election Day morning.  Here is a taste: The problems our society faces...

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Is America a Christian Nation? What Focus on the Family Gets Wrong

John Fea   |  November 4, 2012 11 Comments

This piece never found a home in an Iowa newspaper, so I am publishing it here.  –JF In the last twenty-four hours many citizens of Iowa have received a brochure in the mail from CitizenLink, a political affiliate of the […]

Would Mitt Romney Use the Book of Mormon to Take His Oath of Office?

John Fea   |  November 3, 2012

No, says Mormon expert (and editor extraordinaire) Jana Riess.  Mitt would probably use the Bible that his father used when sworn-in as Governor of Michigan. Riess was interviewed as part of a CNN article, “What Would a Mormon White House...

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A Challenge to the Obama Narrative of 20th-Century Economic History

John Fea   |  November 2, 2012

According to Brian Domitrovic, the chair of the history department at Sam Houston State University, Barack Obama needs a lesson in economic history.  Here is a taste of his piece at Forbes with some of my thoughts interspersed. “Governor, when...

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