The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations Establishing the Obama Presidency |
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| Author:
| Vaughn, Justin S.
Mercieca, Jennifer R. |
| Series title: | Presidential Rhetoric and Political Communication Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-62349-042-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2014 |
| Publisher: | Texas A&M University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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Campaign rhetoric helps candidates to get elected, but its effects last well beyond the counting of the ballots; this was perhaps never truer than in Barack Obama's 2008 campaign. Did Obama create such high expectations that they actually hindered his ability to enact his agenda? Should we judge his performance by the scale of the expectations his rhetoric generated? This title grapples with these and other important questions.
Campaign rhetoric helps candidates to get elected, but its effects last well beyond the counting of the ballots; this was perhaps never truer than in Barack Obama's 2008 campaign. Did Obama create such high expectations that they actually hindered his ability to enact his agenda? Should we judge his performance by the scale of the expectations his rhetoric generated? This title grapples with these and other important questions.