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What is Obama?

Barack Obama's presidency is a major subject of study in political science, public policy, American history, and government courses. His two terms in office generated significant academic interest across multiple disciplines because they intersected with pressing national questions about race, economic recovery, healthcare reform, energy policy, and civil rights. The 2008 and 2012 presidential elections are treated as landmark events in American political history, making Obama a frequent subject for essays examining electoral dynamics, democratic participation, and the evolving priorities of the American public.

Student papers on this topic approach it from several distinct angles. Analytical essays examine the role race played in Obama's electoral victories, particularly in 2012, while others apply frameworks like rational choice theory to specific policy decisions such as the approval of international sanctions. Comparative policy analysis appears frequently, with papers weighing Obama's healthcare approach against President Clinton's proposals. Other essays focus on rhetorical analysis, treating speeches such as Obama's address to students as artifacts through which to study presidential communication. Additional papers assess specific policy areas including energy, housing, and gay rights.

A strong essay on Obama should establish a focused, arguable thesis rather than offering a broad biographical overview. Evidence drawn from policy outcomes, electoral data, or close reading of primary sources such as speeches tends to carry the most weight in academic writing. The most effective papers connect Obama's decisions to larger theoretical or historical frameworks rather than relying on general impressions. A common pitfall is conflating personal approval or disapproval of his presidency with substantive analysis — strong essays maintain an evidence-based, analytical stance throughout.

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Paper Undergraduate
Gay voters' concerns about Obama's anti-gay campaign surrogates
Relationships between people of the same gender have become a subject more and more common during the last years. Most gay voters for the presidential elections tend to be influenced in their voting by the candidate's…
Paper Doctorate
Humanitarian intervention in Libya and Syria: national interests versus idealism
This paper discusses the real purpose behind humanitarian interventions in Libya and in Syria in 2011-2013. It posits the theory that there are two angles to look at the question--the idealistic angle and the realistic angle. The realistic angle states that nations act on behalf of their own national interest and stand to gain from intervention.
Paper Undergraduate
The computer revolution: history, benefits, and risks in modern society
Background and History of Computers in Society
Research Paper Undergraduate
Identity and belonging in Obama's Dreams from My Father and Kingston's The Woman Warrior
Book Comparison -- Race and ethnic relationships and identity
Paper Undergraduate
Poetry: forms, analysis, and literary significance
Lights up to reveal a room of gleaming linoleum and steel, futuristic leather chairs and a large computer screen. This is the headquarters for the Poetic Justice League of America. A red light is flashing as an alarm…
Paper Undergraduate
Organizational communication failure: personality cults and skill deficits
Failure to communicate effectively can lead to poor performance and organizational failure. The personality cult is a real problem within the context of business communications because there are times when the…
Essay Doctorate
Federalism and the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate
Howlett (2009) states that policy goals and means "exist at different levels of abstraction and application and policies can be seen to be comprised of a number of components or elements, not all of which are as amenable to (re)design as others." Successful policy design is reported in the work of Howlett to require the following: (1) that policy aims, objectives and targets be coherent; (2) that that implementation preferences, policy tools and tool calibrations should also be consistent; and (3) that policy aims and implementation preferences; policy objectives, and policy tools; and policy targets and tool calibrations, should also be congruent and convergent. (Howlett, 2009) Policy instrument choices are reported to be such that are "nested or embedded" in the relationship that exists within "a larger framework of established governance modes and policy regime logics." (Howlett, 2009)
Paper Masters
Media coverage, money, and ideology in the 2012 presidential election
Media Coverage of the 2012 Presidential Election ONE: Introduction The diverse and sometimes ugly stories, attacks and sundry reports that have been published in print and broadcast in the media (including electronic media) thus far in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election campaign reflect just how divided the nation is. These stories and ads in fact say as much about the sorry moral state of America – and about how out-of-control the issue of politically motivated money is – as they do about the campaign or the candidates. It is the opinion of this writer that there has rarely been a time in recent American history when conservatives and progressives have been so bitterly divided, and have attacked one another with such meanness and fierce antipathy – in particular the reference is to the conservative attacks against progressives – and never has their been an election where millions of dollars flow into campaign coffers from corporations and individuals with zero accountability as to the source. Some suggest that because President Barack Obama is an African American, those opposed to him have been particularly virulent in their attacks. Others suggest this election is really about two competing ideologies – those who are conservative (they are anti-abortion and anti-gay rights and doubt the science of global warming and evolution) versus those who are progressive (they tend to be pro-choice, support same-sex marriage and accept science as reported by bona fide empirically-driven researchers). These issues have been simmering for years and are just now coming to a head with Obama, the Black president, symbolizing for the right wing, the Tea Party, the GOP and conservative Christians (including evangelicals) all that is wrong with America. This election process is bringing bitterly opposing social and ideological divisions into the public view through the media, which itself is taking sides, as expected, but in ways far more potentially harmful to democratic ideals. This paper reviews and provides critical analysis of the media's role – and the role of money interests in the contest between Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama.
Essay Doctorate
Court decisions and the 2012 presidential election outcome
This paper provides an analysis of the coming presidential elections in the United States, which is expected to be a close election. The paper begins by evaluating presidential elections laws and some of the major factors that help to determine the results of elections. The other portion discusses how previous or current court decisions may determine the outcome of the November elections.
Thesis Doctorate
Stem cell interventions for treating Parkinson's disease
Stem Cell Research / Parkinson's Abstract Since Barack Obama has become president, the field of stem cell research has been given new life. One of Obama's campaign pledges was to allow deeper research – including the use of federal research funds – into the use of pluripotent stem cells in order to find solutions for some of the terrible diseases Americans suffer from. Among those medical problems is Parkinson Disease (PD). This paper reviews and delves into the literature in terms of the potential of stem cell interventions into Parkinson Disease (also called "Parkinson's Disease").