The New Century:

The Obama Years

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  • America in 2008
  • The End of the Conservative Coalition?
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    America in 2008

    We should begin by noting the material conditions in 2008 that were to become a part of that campaign.

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    The End of the Conservative Coalition?

    Just as the New Deal came at a time of economic crisis, and the rise of Conservatism in 1980 came at a time of failure for the New Deal rhetorical motive, the question of the hour was whether the rhetorical motive of the Conservative Coalition was at an end in 2008. Was there a new coalition forming with Obama as its center?

    The speeches we will study will ask this question in one form or another. How is Obama trying to build his coalition in the same way that we watched Reagan build his?

    Here are some key figures from the 2012 election indicating where Obama's coalition might lie:

    So, what will the Obama coalition look like? How does he rhetorically construct it.

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