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  The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
A spacious front porch ran the width of the house, where he and friends and family often relaxed and talked.
McKinley was a nationally known Republican party leader, and this front porch would soon become the most famous in the country as he moved toward the White House.
Bryan was campaigning dramatically on the specific merits of free silver, and the larger emotional appeal to experiment, and to change the economic system.
www.rbhayes.org /hayes/scholarworks/display.asp?id=500   (4997 words)

  
  Porch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A porch is an architectural feature relating to a floor-like platform structure attached to the front or back entrance of a residence.
It is external to the walls of the main building proper, but may be enclosed by screen, latticework, broad windows, or other light frame walls extending from the main structure.
The porch, especially in the southern United States, is often as broad as it is deep, and may provide sufficient space for residents to entertain guests or gather on special occasions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Porch   (231 words)

  
 Front Porch Campaign - index page - Free MP3 downloads, CDs, Bio Info, Tour Dates, Lyrics and More!"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
FRONT PORCH CAMPAIGN began in earnest around the fall of 1996, but it wasn’t the first time the members had started playing together, nor was it the first appearance of that name.
Adam is one of the three founding members of Front Porch Campaign along with Brian Kaelin and Scott Bacon.
Fronting in bands MacAfee, Castner, and the Ingrediant, he joined FPC in the summer of 2002 as their full time drummer.
artists.iuma.com /IUMA/Bands/Front_Porch_Campaign   (337 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The porch and the lawn were eventually restored, but unbeknownst to the politicians of the time, the sun had already set on the gentlemanly tradition of the front-porch campaign.
Perhaps the most dramatic moment in the campaign occurred in Milwaukee in October when Roosevelt was shot in the chest by a would-be assassin as he was about to deliver a speech.
While negative ads had become a staple of presidential campaigns since the airing of the "daisy ad," the Willie Horton ad run by the Bush campaign in 1988 proved to be a turning point in the relationship of campaigns and reporters.
www.newseum.org /everyfouryears/essay.htm   (9435 words)

  
 CAC Manuscripts: Vadae G. Meekison Collection--MS 211
During our last Suffrage campaign, I found an Ohio voter who did not know there was such a thing as the Feminine movement, and was perfectly astounded to learn that women wanted to vote.
A Presidential Campaign was on and Harding had just announced that he was going to have a front porch campaign in Marion, Ohio.
Pictures of his comfortable home, with the big front porch were appearing in all the papers.
www.bgsu.edu /colleges/library/cac/transcripts/ms0211t5.html   (1389 words)

  
 Porch - Front Porch Short Walls Information and Resources Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Front Porch: Quilting with a flair for details...
Powerlines Front-Porch Campaign In a bellwether city in a...
...it was customary to place a pineapple on your front porch as a way of...
www.porchplace.com /porch/front-porch-short-walls.html   (250 words)

  
 Frequently Asked Questions :: Front Porch Forum
Your neighborhood's Front Porch Forum is a place to share neighborhood news, have discussions, work on neighborhood improvement projects, and post items for sale, to borrow, lost and found, etc. All of these actions add up to a more healthy and vibrant community.
Front Porch Forum will email you a new password, so you need to be able to receive an email message from frontporchforum.com.
Front Porch Forum is designed from the ground up to encourage civil and constructive communication among nearby neighbors.
www.frontporchforum.com /faq   (2125 words)

  
 AllPolitics - TIME This Week: June 17, 1996
Your campaign is also, at the moment, without a kind of physical context.
But before him the great front-porch campaign, the one that caused the phrase to be coined, was in 1896, by William McKinley, who sat on his porch in Canton, Ohio, and met with whoever came by.
Sit on the porch with a glass of iced tea and have them come to you, as they should.
www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1996/analysis/time/9606/17/noonan.shtml   (692 words)

  
 porch defenition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk.
A porch is an architecture architectural feature relating to a floor-like platform structure attached to the front or back entrance of a residence.
The porch, especially in the U.S. Southern states southern United States, is often as broad as it is deep, and may provide sufficient space for residents to entertain guests or gather on special occasions.
www.dictionarywords.com /porch-defenition.html   (285 words)

  
 From the Front Porch to the Front Page
The campaign of 1896 gave the public one of the most dramatic and interesting battles of political oratory in American history, even though, ironically, its issues faded quickly into insignificance after the election.
In what is often thought of as a single-issue campaign, William Jennings Bryan delivered his famous "Cross of Gold" speech but lost the election.
William D. Harpine traces the campaign month-by-month to show the development of Bryan's rhetoric and the stability of McKinley's.
www.tamu.edu /upress/BOOKS/2006/harpine.htm   (243 words)

  
 frontline: karl rove -- the architect: interviews: wayne slater | PBS
In every campaign after that, what you see with Rove is the same kind of thing: You see some series of events that attack an opponent, really not simply on the merits of issues, but in some dirty trick way.
But also key to this is [collecting] millions and millions, in the case of a national campaign, of small contributions, people who may not always give $25 or $50 or $100 in a campaign, but can be moved in a particular direction if a direct mail letter hits them strongly.
At the same time that the campaign was very publicly involved in trying to woo these historically Democrat voters from traditionally conservative East Texas, there emerged a whisper campaign, a virulent and obviously orchestrated whisper campaign in East Texas.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/architect/interviews/slater.html   (8953 words)

  
 The Fostoria Focus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
As a family we talked about everything on the front porch; education, politics, moral issues, family issues and of course, our neighbors.
I also learned that living in a neighborhood with a front porch made you think twice about doing anything wrong as someone was always watching and bad news traveled fast amongst the neighbors.
It was on the front porch that I would read for hours, learned to knit and do embroidery, and learned to play checkers.
www.fostoriafocus.com /viewarticle.asp?artID=1573   (447 words)

  
 Lawnfield house fit for a president again
The front porch campaign is perhaps the most lasting legacy left by Garfield, a strategy that fellow Ohioan Warren Harding later used successfully in 1920.
The porch was removed in 1904 but has since been restored because of its historical significance.
Lawnfield, the campaign office structure, and.779 acres was donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1936.
www.sunnews.com /news/1998/0813/lawnfield.htm   (920 words)

  
 Campaign Finance: In Politics, Money Talks--and Keeps Talking, Despite Reforms
When Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who championed campaign finance reform during his failed bid for the Republican presidential nomination, declared that "the American people perceive the Congress as controlled by the monied special interests," he was echoing complaints voiced for generations.
These days, proponents of campaign finance reform, such as Sen. Russell D. Feingold (D-Wis.), argue that the Tillman Act has become meaningless because of "soft money," loosely regulated donations to the parties that are supposedly intended for "party-building," not specific candidates.
Other campaign finance laws have been enacted over the years, most notably after the excesses of the 1972 presidential campaign and Watergate.
www.campaignfinancesite.org /history/reform3.html   (1362 words)

  
 Front-Porch Chat: Birth of a Kerry Campaign Tactic
John Kerry has held 10 "front porch visit" events — an actual front porch is optional — where perhaps 100 people ask questions in a low-key campaigning style.
Front Porch Solutions, an innovative, new software and web development company located in Lewis Center, Ohio, is announcing its launch to businesses worldwide.
AP - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, trying to recover from a brass-knuckles campaign against his character, is attempting to steer the election to a referendum on President Bush's leadership.
www.stargeek.com /item/230664.html   (1882 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Front Porch
For John Kerry's Labor Day 'front porch' stop in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, neighborhood streets were closed and residents told to take down their Bush/Cheney signs.
He said that I could cite him [Stan Soucie] and that they were not told they had to take their Bush/Cheney signs down because there was a yard down the street from where they were standing with a whole lot of Bush signs in the yard.
He did state that whenever the TV cameras would move to where a Bush sign was that the Democratic organization would hold their signs in front of the Bush signs to block out the view.
www.snopes.com /politics/kerry/porch.asp   (1520 words)

  
 FRONT PORCH SITTING: A PROPOSAL -- A DIFFERENT KIND OF 3RD PARTY CAMPAIGN IN 2004
And with the campaign that I propose, the beauty of it is, they won't have to leave their home states to campaign and can still campaign for their respective offices they currently hold, which I doubt anyone would want to see give up and lose their activism in the halls of Congress.
Besides the possibility of losing their Congressional seats, the truth is, the reality of the modern presidential campaign is a thankless task for those outside the dominant two parties.
In fact many a successful candidate conducted front porch campaigns for the White House in the 19th and early 20th century.
www.etherzone.com /2003/scall071703.shtml   (1391 words)

  
 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Harding ran on a promise to "Return to Normalcy," a term he coined, which reflected three trends of his time: a renewed isolationism in reaction to World War I, a resurgence of nativism, and a turning away from the government activism of the reform era.
Harding's "Front Porch Campaign" during the late summer and fall of 1920 captured the imagination of the country.
Not only was it the first campaign to be heavily covered by the press, and to receive widespread newsreel coverage, but it was also the first modern campaign to use the power of Hollywood and Broadway stars who traveled to Marion for photo opportunities with Harding and his wife.
www.alanaditescili.net /index.php?title=Warren_G._Harding   (3326 words)

  
 Mesabi Daily News - Virginia, MN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The two men have taken the campaign to the front porches in what is nothing more than a staged selective photo opportunity, with the images surely to make their way into political ads in the coming days, weeks and months before the Nov. 2 general election.
The people are not selected for their front porches or the lemonade provided.
The front porches are in middle class neighborhoods, somewhere that Norman Rockwell might seen and then taken his pen to paper to capture a slice of Americana.
www.virginiamn.com /placed/index.php?sect_rank=8&story_id=178310   (319 words)

  
 Front-Porch Chat: Birth of a Kerry Campaign Tactic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Janet Aikens, the hostess of that event, was painting her front door fire-engine red when her husband, who had been cutting low branches off a tree, beckoned her to see what the two men who had been sitting at the foot of the street in a fl van wanted.
Edwards, who has visited the front porches of the mayor of Raleigh, N.C., and of hog farmers in Belle Plaine, Minn., found himself on Friday on a lawn chair in front of a porchless house in Flint, Mich., leading a discussion that could barely be heard over the makeshift sound system.
The picture-perfect porch went unused because it is blocked by a dogwood.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/1192916/posts   (1494 words)

  
 front porch material   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Front Porch Gift Shop sells candles, candles holders, miniatures and...
Front Porch: My experience in the Dominican Republic has shown the importance of family in a world where the importance placed on material...
The View From the Front Porch: William McKinley and the Campaign of 1896 By H. Wayne Morgan...
front.affordable1.info /front-porch-material   (648 words)

  
 front porch campaign
The View From the Front Porch: William McKinley and the Campaign of 1896.
William McKinley 1896 Speech From "The Front Porch" Campaign (1:05)...
In the autumn of the 1896 presidential campaign, 750,000 citizens converged on Canton, Ohio, where Republican candidate William McKinley waited to receive them on his front porch.
www.decks-patios.com /front-porch-campaign.html   (701 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Harrison made speeches from the front stoop and side porch of his house.
Erecting log cabins around the county for campaign headquarters was a device used by both Harrisons.
Campaign rattler (noise maker) from Harrison's 1892 campaign.
www.presidentbenjaminharrison.org /Collections/1996_BY/banner.html   (536 words)

  
 WFPK Radio Louisville 91.9FM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The band recorded a rehearsal version of "Nitta Yuma" for the compilation "Case of Psionic Awareness." During the band's previous hiatus, Kaelin released a solo recording "Boardwalk Swinger" for the same compilation under the name Front Porch Campaign.
By the spring of 1997, the Front Porch Campaign had recorded a split LP with friends and fellow musicians the Caffeines.
In April 2000, the Campaign began a digital recording project with Craig McClerkan of Without Further Ado, but the session was never finished because of technical problems.
www.wfpk.org /livelunch_archive_frontporch.htm   (266 words)

  
 Front Porch Furniture NC
And, believe it or not, there is a small town near a university in NC that has forbidden folks from having upholstered furniture on their front porches.
It turns out they were actually putting their living room stuff out on the front porch so they could beat the heat at night.
The characters in "Front Porch Furniture, NC" are dopey enough, but they DO fight for their rights.
getdetails.com /front-porch   (953 words)

  
 Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley State
He became the Republican nominee for president in an era when it was considered undignified for presidential candidates to campaign on their own behalf.
The solution was to encourage Garfield to deliver speeches from his front porch.
Garfield was a dark horse candidate during the campaign of 1880.
www.gvsu.edu /hauenstein/index.cfm?id=6D8D899D-A874-B383-00362667525ECFEE   (745 words)

  
 Artcom Museums Tour: Harding Home & Memorial, Marion OH
He campaigned on the slogans "return to normalcy" and "America first," which appealed to a nation still shocked and bewildered by the violence and heavy death tolls of World War I. Many Americans felt that the solution was to withdraw from world politics and concentrate on restoring normal business operations at home.
He delivered his messages in speeches given from the front porch of his Marion home, a tactic first used by fellow Ohioan William McKinley in his successful 1896 presidential campaign.
Although Harding traveled by train for at least four campaign tours, he concentrated his efforts on speeches given from his porch before gathered crowds and, more importantly, the press.
www.artcom.com /Museums/nv/gl/43302-41.htm   (1041 words)

  
 Healing the poll wounds - The Washington Times: Commentary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
When he actually does appear on the campaign trail, if his penchant for he-man boasts and embarrassing fibs again sinks him in the polls, he can always be briefly hospitalized for "periodic checkups." His medical records indicate he suffers enough additional maladies that periodic checkups are completely understandable.
Essentially, the Democrats are settling on a campaign strategy not unlike the Republicans' famous "front-porch campaign" that worked so well for the dolt Warren G. Harding in 1920.
His campaign was dead in the water late in 2003 and only picked up steam when Democratic primary voters noted that their front-runner, Dr. Howard Dean of unhappy memory, was even more absurd.
www.washtimes.com /commentary/20040401-090720-8681r.htm   (767 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Politics -- Front-porch campaign: You and the candidate – and 30 cameras
He said Kerry used it first, and that it will be a regular feature of the general election campaign.
The Bush campaign also distributed a statement from the Republican mayor of Charlotte, N.C., Pat McCrory, denouncing Edwards's front-porch campaigning in a state that offers 15 electoral votes.
Kerry began his "Front Porch Tour" last week in the Philadelphia suburb of Lansdowne, Pa., while Edwards started in a middle-class New Orleans neighborhood.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/politics/20040719-1326-frontporchpolitics.html   (642 words)

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