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Barbara A. Perry

@BarbaraPerryUVA

Dr. Barbara A. Perry, POTUS/SCOTUS/FLOTUS expert, Kennedy biographer, Gerald L. Baliles Prof. in POTUStudies, POTUS oral history co-chair, UVA's Miller Center.

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I’d love to “see” you online for my course on presidential leadership. What an appropriate time to study President Biden now and from the past, just 4 months before the 2024 election!

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Can you name “6 Presidential Election Rematches in U.S. History”? Check out my comments about the winners and losers. history.com/news/president…

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And now President Biden Biden is extending his successful speech by taking its winning themes to key states in this election. The “reset” is working!

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Because of all the personal tragedy he has suffered, President Biden Biden is superb at comforting others experiencing pain and misfortune. Presidents have to walk a fine line between visiting a disaster too soon or too late.

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Happy Presidents’ Day from the Miller Center, where everyday is Presidents’ Day! If you like all the resources we provide, make a contribution, as I did, below. Every donation helps us continue our non-partisan work Miller Center. givecampus.com/fxmzmz

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How did Day begin? How has the presidency changed? Where should Biden & Trump be ranked? Listen to my brief interview with KNX News 97.1 FM. “New survey ranks the presidents on Presidents' Day.” Hint: Biden-14; Trump-45. Is it too early to rank? omny.fm/shows/knxam-on…

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How sad his grandmother, Rose Kennedy, would be. She supported vaccines to prevent birth defects, suffered by her daughter, Rosemary. See my Rose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch—wwnorton.com/books/97803933…. But the ad is PR genius. Look at all the buzz!

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Remember, only 4 justices have to agree to take a case. Justice Bill Brennan used to say that “five” was the most important word at the Court. He wouldn’t agree to grant an appeal unless he knew he had at least 5 votes to win the case. Who voted to “grant cert.” for 45?

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Usually at least one of the major POTUS candidates opts for optimism, and I point to FDR, JFK, Reagan, & Obama as prime examples. But President Biden Biden must counter the “4th Reich” rhetoric with realism about threats to our republic, while emphasizing his positive accomplishments.

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If you are looking for examples of justices who voted in Supreme Court cases against the President Biden who appointed them, take a look at my column, listing precedents from John Marshall to appointees. themessenger.com/opinion/suprem…

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Even knowing the Union would split apart, with founding of the CSA, both governments maintained constitutional structures from the US’s founding as a republic. Neither regime, with its flaws, was authoritarian, as I told Susan Milligan U.S. News & World Report.

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My experience with Robert F. Kennedy Jr was not “Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal,” (a British podcast with Kate Lister), but I had interesting conversations with him when he visited Sweet Briar College in 2006. shows.acast.com/betwixt-the-sh… via Acast

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This joyful season must always be bitter sweet for President Biden Biden’s family & for all who mourn the loss of loved ones. But he soldiers on with profound religious faith. As QE II reflected, “Grief is the price we pay for love.” cnn.com/2023/12/06/pol…

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By coincidence, my quote The New York Times about President Biden 45 becoming 47 comes just before my online discussion of Joe McCarthy and Harry Truman. POTUS 33 said McCarthy was “a pathological liar.” Join us 12/7 at 7 PM EST The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

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Yes, watch my discussion of President Truman & McCarthy (Joe, not Kevin!). See if you can find parallels between the 1950s’ Red Scare & today’s politics.

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If you aren’t a law junkie, like me, but would prefer to read the life lessons I learned from Justice , take a look at my tribute to her The Messenger. themessenger.com/opinion/sandra…

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