Almost all political candidates use rhetoric in their speeches, during campaigns AND after being elected.
A campaign letter from your congressional representative
A campaign letter from your congressional representative
A "platform" is a position or issue which a politician uses to try to get elected. In this case, it would be part of a presidential candidate's campaign.
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In US politics, being an early front-runner in a US presidential campaign guarantees you will be in the first Presidential Debate. This also brings more media coverage, but it does not guarantee you would be the party's nominee.
"Yes We Can" was a popular shibboleth used in the 2008 Obama presidential campaign.
During the 2008 presidential election campaign. See: "what would Reagan do?"
farmers, or silver democrats Bryan was famous for his "Cross Of Gold" speech, which advocated the coinage of silver, which would be beneficial to farmers and the like.
It wouldn't be reworded. Presidential speeches are important.
In the campaign, Eugene McCarthy. In the general election, Hubert Humphrey.
A speech at a party to raise money for a political campaign.
Yes, was is the past tense. The sentence in present tense would be: I am interested in working on the presidential campaign if the opportunity still exists.