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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams stories: 4 news summaries
OPINION

 Give Bill Hillary's Seat 

There's a proud tradition of former presidents going to Congress; we could do worse than Bill Clinton in the Senate

Nov 26, 08 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - With so many pols jockeying for Hillary Clinton's potentially open Senate seat, David Paterson needn't agonize over the decision: Just give it to her husband, write Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac in the Washington Post . It would give Bill "a fitting day job," be a boon... More »

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Bill Clinton • John Quincy Adams • David Paterson

OPINION

Bush's Next Act: Try Congress

With John Quincy Adams as model, Dubya could do plenty of good in House

Oct 27, 08 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush can't have 4 more years, but he could try for 2, Steve Coronella writes in the Christian Science Monitor. Coronella urges Bush to follow John Quincy Adams, who served 17 years in the House. As a representative from Texas, he writes, “Bush could go on to make... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • Texas • House of Representatives • Bush legacy • John Quincy Adams • George W. Bush • succession

ANALYSIS

Mudslingers Today No Match for Jefferson

Dirty campaigning has always been a feature of American democracy

Oct 13, 08 3:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 2008 presidential race is getting rough, but the combatants look well-mannered compared to mudslingers of the 19th century. Thomas Jefferson was called an “infidel” and an “unbeliever,” while John Adams was accused of possessing a “hideous hermaphroditical character.” Although “everybody always assumes there... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • presidential politics • history • Abraham Lincoln • John Quincy Adams • Election 2008 • Thomas Jefferson • John Adams

Flip-Floppers See Light—Or Just Want Job

Romney and Kerry stand in long line of political mind-changing

Sep 18, 07 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Maybe Mitt Romney and John Kerry should hold their flip-flopping heads high: Changes of mind have furthered the causes of abolition and civil rights over the centuries. Ronald Reagan defiantly claimed his biggest reversal—promising feet “in concrete” about raising taxes, then singing “the sound of concrete cracking”... More »

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Mitt Romney • taxes • John Kerry • Lyndon Johnson • Ronald Reagan • civil rights • flip flop • John Quincy Adams • slavery • Election 2008 • presidential election

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