Jan 21, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 21, 2013) "Are you going to the inauguration?" It's not an uncommon question to hear in Washington, D.C., especially when you're on the Metro in the wee hours of the morning with seemingly no other reason to be there. "Yes," I responded. "That's where I'm heading." "Really? As a spectator?" Maybe I exuded an air of professionalism in spite of myself. "No," I...
Jan 20, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 20, 2013) Editor's Note: This article is an installment in an 11-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Bill Clinton (January 20, 1997) and George W. Bush (January 20, 2005) 1) Clinton (1997) When Bill Clinton was re-elected in...
Jan 20, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 20, 2013) Editor's Note: This article is an installment in an 11-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Richard Nixon (January 20, 1973) and Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1949). 1) Nixon (1973) Richard Nixon's second inaugural address...
Jan 19, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 19, 2013) Editor's Note: This article is an installment in an 11-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1957) and Lyndon B. Johnson (1965). Dwight Eisenhower (1957) The 1956 presidential election marked the...
Jan 19, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 19, 2013) Editor's Note: This article is an installment in an 11-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 20, 1945) and Harry Truman (January 20, 1949). Roosevelt (1945) Like Abraham Lincoln 80 years...
Jan 17, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 17, 2013) This article is an installment in an 11-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 20, 1937) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 20, 1941) Roosevelt (1937) While Lincoln's second inaugural may be...
Jan 16, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 16, 2013) This article is an installment in an 11-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1917) and Calvin Coolidge (March 4, 1925): Wilson: Rarely has a president so directly defied the ideological basis of...
Jan 14, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 14, 2013) This article is an installment in an eleven-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. William McKinley (March 4, 1901) and Theodore Roosevelt (March 4, 1905) McKinley: The presidential election of 1900 had been a clear-cut...
Jan 13, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 13, 2013) This article is an installment in an eleven-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Ulysses S. Grant (March 4, 1873) and Grover Cleveland (March 4, 1893): Grant: Just as Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural was the greatest...
Jan 12, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 12, 2013) Andrew Jackson (March 4, 1833) and Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1865): This article is an installment in an eleven-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Jackson: In the summer of 1832, President Andrew Jackson declared war...