Ronald L. Feinman
Ronald L. Feinman received his Ph.D. from the City University of New York Graduate School in 1975. His dissertation advisor was Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Dr. Feinman is the author of “Twilight of Progressivism: The Western Republican Senators and the New Deal” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981) and “Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama” (Rowman Littlefield Publishers, 2015, Paperback Edition 2017). In addition to this blog, Dr. Feinman has blogged at TheProgressiveProfessor.com since 2008 and is a political and historical Commentator on Radio Station WWGH, 107.1 FM, Marion, Ohio. Dr. Feinman has spent nearly a half century as Professor of American History, Government and Politics and is still teaching a US Presidency class at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida every Fall and Spring term.
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Mar 17, 2021
Fate and Fortune in Presidential Elections
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Mar 5, 2021
Presidents Who Look Better or Worse by Comparison
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Feb 22, 2021
Congressional Leadership Experience and the Presidency
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Feb 12, 2021
State Governors and the Presidency
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Jan 29, 2021
From The Senate to the Presidency: Many Try, Few Succeed
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Jan 11, 2021
Humphrey and Biden: One Presidential Scholar's Two Political Heroes
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Dec 3, 2020
These Six Lost Presidential Elections, but Found Other Ways to Serve the Nation
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Nov 11, 2020
Who Will Form the Biden Cabinet?
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Nov 8, 2020
Biden's Years of Experience in Public Service are Second to One
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Oct 24, 2020
The Controversial Presidential Succession Act of 1947
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Oct 16, 2020
Return to the Presidential Succession Act of 1886 (With Some Modification)
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Oct 9, 2020
Trump On Way to Worst Percentage Share of Vote by a Republican in a Two-Way Race Since Goldwater
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Sep 24, 2020
This Potential Constitutional Crisis is More Serious than 1860 or 1932
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Sep 19, 2020
There Has Never Been a President Like Donald Trump
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Sep 19, 2020
Vice Presidents Who Have Been Presidential Nominees
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Aug 16, 2020
Since 1960, Democrats Have Had Success when the VP is a Senator and a former Presidential Contender
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Aug 16, 2020
The "Zero Year" Election Syndrome and 2020
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Aug 7, 2020
Tumultuous Transitions in the American Presidency
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Jul 31, 2020
Prepare for Massive Turnover on the Supreme Court in the Next Four Years
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Jul 19, 2020
The Three Political Prodigy Governors of the 20th Century
by Ronald L. Feinman
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