Terms to know for tomorrow's MC portion of the test:
Traditional Roles of the Media
Voter Turnout in U.S.
Significance of 2000 presidential election
Campaign finance reform (Bipartisan Campaing Finance Reform Act of 2002, Soft Money, Hard Money, FEC, PACs, Super PACS)
Incumency Advantage
Primaries, Caucuses
National Conventions
Public opinion polling
Politcal Socialization
Political Efficacy
Where do liberal Democrats live?
Where do conservative Republicans live?
Conservative ideology
Liberal ideology
Third parties in America
Institutional challenges to third parties in America
Purposes of Politcal Parties
Valance issues vs. Positional Issues
Expanding electorate
Proportional representational voting systems
First-past-the post voting systems
Iron Triangle
Republican Party founding
linkage institutions
Special Interest groups
Growth of lobbyists in Washington
How many PACs in US?
Importance of Iowa and New Hampshire in campaigns
FEC
FCC
Ralph Nader
John McCain/Russ Feingold
Jon Stewart
Tea Party
Occupy Wall St.
Also, watch these short videos on political movements, on the fringes of our political parties:
Who are the Tea Party?
Blog here your Days of the Government Shutdown (I set the over/under line at 10 days, and tomorrow is Day 10).
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Shutdown will last until November 1st. Congressional deadline in mid-October with many topics yet to be resolved.
Shut down will last till October 16th. Congress will pass another last minute temporary raise of the debt ceiling in order to avoid defaulting on treasury bonds.
Here's an interesting video I found that shows what's been going on in Congress…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jd-iaYLO1A&feature=c4-overview&list=UUkpfJWu1N9Okd6PE_NidtBQ
The government has finally decided to pass a temporary resolution to raise the debt ceiling in the last possible moment to avoid a potential financial crisis. It is not very surprising that on the 16th day of the shutdown that the government managed to establish a bill that would reopen the government. This bill, however, will only postpone the issue until February 7th, which means that in January we will probably see the same issues being discussed in Congress. Attached is an article that further explains the bill, how it serves only as a "temporary bandage", and the economic response to it being passed.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/16/politics/shutdown-showdown/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_allpolitics+(RSS%3A+Politics)
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