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Michael Beschloss

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The Founding Fathers would be sorry to see that America had become so divided and factionalized.


— Michael Beschloss


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First of all, there's no mention of political parties in the Constitution, so you begin American history with not only no political conventions but also no parties.


— Michael Beschloss


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As parties began to develop around the turn of the 19th century, you had party nominees for President nominated in caucuses made up of party members in Congress.


— Michael Beschloss


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From the beginning of the presidential nominating conventions in the 1830's really through the 1950's, you had conventions that actually did real business.


— Michael Beschloss


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Oftentimes during the period in which conventions really did business, you had situations where the delegates were divided and you would have ballot after ballot before there was a final nominee.


— Michael Beschloss


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Then you get to the last half of the 20th century, Americans are getting very skeptical about their leaders and their institutions, and another place that is affected is parties and conventions.


— Michael Beschloss


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To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin.


— Michael Beschloss


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You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system. One example is John Kennedy.


— Michael Beschloss


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Did you know about Michael Beschloss?

Bush at the White House dinner for the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall on November 2 2005. Beschloss has appeared on The Daily Show in 2003 2005 2006 2007 and 2010. They also attended the Clintons' White House dinner celebrating the 200th anniversary of the White House on November 9 2000.

A specialist in the United States presidency he is the author of nine books. Michael Richard Beschloss (born November 30 1955) is an American historian.

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