Topic: Julian Zelizer

McCain, Palin at the forefront one year after defeat

AFP American Edition - 840 days ago
A year on, John McCain has turned out to be an honest opponent of the man who beat him to the presidency in 2008, while running mate Sarah Palin seems intent on exacting Republican revenge in 2012.McCain stood out as one ...

Rightward Bound Making America Conservative in the 1970s

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 920 days ago
This article reviews the book " Making America Conservative in the 1970s," edited by Bruce J. Schulman and Julian E. Zelizer. ) This indispensable volume should dispel the image of the 1970s as a time when "it seemed like nothing happened," as the historian ...

Reid has his 60, but probably not a legislative lock

Las Vegas Sun - 952 days ago
Democrats can end filibusters if theyre all present and united WASHINGTON With Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, swagger is a varied art.Sometimes it comes clumsily, as in his proclamation two years ago that the Iraq war was lost.Other moments it ...

Bring Your Political-History Questions for Julian Zelizer

Freakonomics - 1159 days ago
With all the strange political doings these days - a wild campaign season, Republican senators falling from grace in Alaska and in airport men's rooms, Democratic governors engaged in shakedowns and 'ho-downs - wouldn't you like to have a political historian stashed ...