New Hampshire Institute of Politics
The New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) is an academic institute at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Founded in 2001, the institute has hosted hundreds of potential candidates for the U.S. presidency.
History
The New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) was founded in 2001 through a nine million dollar grant secured by then
In December 1995, Fr. Jonathan DeFelice asked Professor Manuel, as chairman of the politics department, to chair a committee to study the question and to make recommendations. A proposal was presented to the Board of Trustees by fellow trustee and former Massachusetts Senate president Kevin B. Harrington. Passing by a unanimous vote, the institute was constructed in 2000 and dedicated on September 7, 2001.[1]
Facilities
The Institute consists of a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) building built in 2001. The Institute contains six classrooms, four seminar rooms, an auditorium, television studio, offices for the college's department of politics and Institute administration, the Common Ground cafe, a research center, and a computer lab. All of the classrooms are "
Programs and activities
Steve Scully, host, senior producer, and political editor of C-SPANs Washington Journal, is among the directors of the institute.[6]
The Kevin B. Harrington Student Ambassador Program is an academic program through the New Hampshire Institute of Politics; it is named after the late Massachusetts State Senator Kevin B. Harrington, who was a member of the Saint Anselm College Board of Trustees and an instrumental force in the creation of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics itself. Student Ambassadors play an important role in supporting special events, giving tours of the institute, welcoming and introducing presidential and congressional candidates, public figures and a range of scholars who headline the institute's special events and public programs.
Its youth programs are modeled after those of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership in Virginia.[7]
The Public Advisory Board, established by Father
Presidential debates
The college has hosted numerous national debates and campaign rallies since the 1950s. In 2003, Saint Anselm hosted a debate between the candidates for the
Barack Obama and former presidents
The institute has attracted notable speakers, including then-presidential candidate Barack Obama[15][16] and former presidents of the United States George W. Bush,[17] Bill Clinton,[18] George H. W. Bush,[19] Ronald Reagan,[20] Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon,[21] and John F. Kennedy.[22]
President John F. Kennedy gave a historic speech at Saint Anselm College on March 5, 1960, regarding America's conduct in the new realities of the emerging Cold War. The speech was the first time that Kennedy detailed how American foreign policy should be conducted towards African nations, noting a hint of support for modern African nationalism by saying, "for we, too, founded a new nation on revolt from colonial rule."[22] According to a Time magazine article from February 8, 1960,
"...a motorcade of students from St. Anselm's College gave him an earsplitting welcome from 35 automobile horns, then mobbed him with such enthusiasm that Jack had to climb into an open convertible in order to be seen. Afterward, the college kids dragged out a reluctant donkey (rented for $20 by the efficient Kennedy organization), then followed Kennedy into a supermarket, waving homemade college-humor signs (PUT JACK IN THE WHITE SHACK, PUT A NEW JOHN IN THE WHITE HOUSE)."
While at the college, Kennedy said the famous line, "I forgot my Nixon button."[23]
The day after declaring his candidacy for the 1968 election, President Richard Nixon's first stop was at Saint Anselm College where a reception was held.[24] At the college, on February 3, 1968, Nixon unveiled his campaign strategy regarding the Vietnam War by saying, "let's help them fight the war, and not fight the war for them."[25] The ramifications of this policy, first voiced at the college had a profound effect on the 1968 presidential campaign and the war in Vietnam.
Former presidential candidates and other notable speakers
Hundreds of presidential candidates have toured and spoken at the college over the past fifty years. More recent speakers have ranged from former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton[26] to the 2008 Republican nominee John McCain.[27] In the weeks before the 2008 election, John McCain's comeback campaign returned to New Hampshire where McCain held a rally in Sullivan arena in front of a crowd of over two thousand students, faculty, staff and visitors from the community. A group of eight students painted the word "M-A-V-E-R-I-C-K" across their chests and lined up next to each other atop the stands behind McCain.[28]
In March 2010, the former head of the
The following candidates have participated in one of the many national debates held by the college over the years – former
Former Republican candidate Sam Brownback's visit attracted the negative attention of the national media as the image of Brownback at the podium speaking to a mostly empty room epitomized his failing candidacy.[37][38] In 1972, the eventual Democratic nominee for United States presidential election George McGovern visited the college and after his speech jokingly declared he would become a vice presidential candidate, as he was clearly the front runner.[39]
Inside the institute's main hallway hangs over one hundred images that represent the college's role in the political process; former Missouri congressman
Many of the modern media personalities have lectured at the institute on topics ranging from their predictions during the 2008
Journalists who work for many major media outlets stop by the college in the years between the primary when in the area.
The college has been honored with the visit of two
In August 2012, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan held a town hall event for 3,000 plus people on the college quad. The event was covered by all of the national media outlets not only because it was Mitt Romney's 100th town hall event, but it was the first time since announcing that Paul Ryan would be his running mate, that the two appeared in New England. As is often with television "live shots" from the Alumni Hall, the Abbey bells tolled at 11:00, interrupting Paul Ryan during his remarks. This caused Romney to quip, "Only a Catholic guy (Paul Ryan) would be able to get the bells to toll just at the right time at Saint Anselm".[55]
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