Willard Sterne Randall, six-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, historical scholar in residence at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt., and author of "George Washington: A Life," is available for comment.
February 16, 2006 (Press Release) --
President's Day Expert: George Washington's Departure Led to America's Two-Party System
BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Willard Sterne Randall, six-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, historical scholar in residence at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt., and author of "George Washington: A Life," is available for comment.
Battered by the press, George Washington declined to serve a third term as president, and, ironically, it was this decision that led to the two-party system in the United States. Willard Sterne Randall can discuss the following topics:
- The Founders never envisioned a two-party system when they drafted the Constitution.
- Post-Washington politics, in which the Federalists under Alexander Hamilton supported a strong federal government, and the Anti-Federalists (later the Democratic Republican Party) under Thomas Jefferson opposed a strong federal government.
- Development of political parties as a means to mobilize masses of voters in the early 1800s. Every president since 1856 has been either a Republican or Democrat.
- What George Washington might have thought of the current two-party system.
Willard Sterne Randall is a Historical Scholar in Residence at Champlain College in Vermont and a Fellow of the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of twelve books, including five biographies and two biographical readers.
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BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Willard Sterne Randall, six-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, historical scholar in residence at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt., and author of "George Washington: A Life," is available for comment.
Battered by the press, George Washington declined to serve a third term as president, and, ironically, it was this decision that led to the two-party system in the United States. Willard Sterne Randall can discuss the following topics:
- The Founders never envisioned a two-party system when they drafted the Constitution.
- Post-Washington politics, in which the Federalists under Alexander Hamilton supported a strong federal government, and the Anti-Federalists (later the Democratic Republican Party) under Thomas Jefferson opposed a strong federal government.
- Development of political parties as a means to mobilize masses of voters in the early 1800s. Every president since 1856 has been either a Republican or Democrat.
- What George Washington might have thought of the current two-party system.
Willard Sterne Randall is a Historical Scholar in Residence at Champlain College in Vermont and a Fellow of the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of twelve books, including five biographies and two biographical readers.
more...
http://www.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20060213.064204&time=07%2033%20PST&year=2006&public=1
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