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Introduction to the Course
What is Political Rhetoric?
READ: Chapter Intro and Chapter 1, LGD

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Leadership
READ: Chapter 2, LGD

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Virtue
READ: Chapter 3, LGD

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Silence

READ: Chapter 4, LGD

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

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Enactment

READ: Chapter 5, LGD

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National Identity
READ: Chapter 6, LGD

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Public Memory
READ: Chapter 7, LGD

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Hidden Rhetoric
READ: Chapter 8, LGD

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Audiences and Responses

READ: Chapter 9, LGD

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Catastrophe and Reponses

READ: Chapter 10, LGD

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The Constitution
READ: Chapter 1, RJE

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Mandates
READ: Chapter 2, RJE

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Presidential Newspapers
READ: Chapter 3, RJE

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Presidents and Parties
READ: Chapter 4, RJE

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Acceptance Speeches
READ: Chapter 5, RJE

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Popularity
READ: Chapter 6, RJE

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Common Counsel

READ: Chapter 7, RJE

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Limits on Popularity
READ: Chapter 8, RJE

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Summary and Review

READ: Conclusion, LGD and Chapter 9, RJE

Examination 2
*Thursday, March 17, at 2:30 p.m