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Homework: Beth Bernard questions

Date assigned
Friday, Oct. 24


Assignment
Write 5 questions for campaign strategist Beth Bernard.  Here is her professional bio:

She hails from the great state of South Dakota where she attended South Dakota State University, home of the jackrabbits.  As the youngest of five children, she surprised her aging Catholic parents and graduated in 4 years with a degree in journalism and political science.  As is the dream of every little girl from South Dakota, she packed her bags and moved to Washington, DC where she landed a job with newly elected US Senator Tom Daschle.  While I am sure you are all impressed, the qualifications for landing this position were the applicant needed to be a native South Dakotan with a 4 year degree willing to live in DC—not a lot of competition or skills necessary.  Bernard was a perfect fit! 

After 2 ½ years slaving under the direction of Daschle Chief of Staff Pete Rouse, Bernard followed the popcorn and moved to Iowa as the in-state finance director for Senator Tom Harkin.  Politics was now in her blood and there was no turning back.  She worked for the Iowa Democratic Party and then jumped on the short lived, yet always entertaining, Harkin presidential bandwagon.   With all the good political operatives working for Clinton, Bernard got the opportunity of a lifetime---especially for a 27 year old female--- to run a race for Congress---Lynn Schenk in San Diego.  After a couple more congressional races under her belt: Elaine Baxter in Iowa and Barbara Shipnook in Monterey, Bernard moved back to DC to raise money for Senator Ted Kennedy. 

Her political career culminated running two US Senate races: Ann Wynia in Minnesota (which is where she met then intern Lindsay Roitman) and Tom Bruggere in Oregon as well as raising national money for Senator Paul Wellstone and serving as Congresswoman Hooley’s District Director.

As ED of OTLA, Bernard has had the dubious distinction of being part of a team who defeated 3, yes count them 3,  horrible ballot measures that would have severely limited Oregonians’ access to justice and made Texas look like a litigation utopia. 

Due date

Wednesday, Oct. 29

Oct. 24 links

Opinion polling
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/01/congress-somewhere-below-cockroaches-traffic-jams-and-nickleback-in-americans-esteem.html

http://www.gallup.com/poll/165281/congress-job-approval-falls-amid-gov-shutdown.aspx

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/science/strong-support-for-labeling-modified-foods.html?_r=2&

http://www.gallup.com/poll/165539/first-time-americans-favor-legalizing-marijuana.aspx

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/background-check-support-strong-but-lower-a-year-after-newtown/


Push polling
http://rumorswiki.org/images/6/6e/McCainFamily.jpg

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13516.html


2012 election demographics
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IYtYP1ahgG2wfLFV-gmMQ-zHJmHd2GlneV1B7RrF4B0/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000#slide=id.p13

http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/elections/how_groups_voted/voted_12.html

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/11/08/us/politics/obama-was-not-as-strong-as-in-2008-but-strong-enough.html?_r=0

http://www.nationaljournal.com/thenextamerica/politics/10-amazing-demographic-percentages-of-the-2012-election-20121109

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/11/07/the-2012-election-in-charts/


Scandals ending in -gate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scandals_with_%22-gate%22_suffix

Unit 3 non-textbook readings

Oct. 24
Killing Civilians is More Popular Than You'd Think - http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/05/03/killing-civilians-is-a-more-popular-than-youd-think-especially-among-pundits/​

Americans Down on Congress, OK With Own Representative - http://www.gallup.com/poll/162362/americans-down-congress-own-representative.aspx​


Oct. 26
Reporter's Case Poses Dilemma for Justice Dept. - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/28/us/case-of-james-risen-times-reporter-poses-dilemma-for-justice-department.html?_r=0


Oct. 28
The Death of Dog-Whistle Politics - http://prospect.org/article/death-dog-whistle-politics​

Why Bush Opposes Dred Scott - http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/chatterbox/2004/10/why_bush_opposes_dred_scott.html


Oct. 30
Goodbye to the Age of Newspapers (Hello to a New Age of Corruption) - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1RBtym50fACTkJZeVA1d0UtYms/view?usp=sharing


Nov. 1
"Go ahead, Jeff": Talon News "reporter" Jeff Gannon is McClellan's lifeline during briefings - http://mediamatters.org/research/2005/02/02/go-ahead-jeff-talon-news-reporter-jeff-gannon-i/132676

Gannongate: It's worse than you think - http://www.salon.com/2005/02/23/more_gannon/


Nov. 3
Three P's to Protect Free Speech for Student Media - http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2014/02/three-ps-to-protect-free-speech-for-student-media/

How student speech is protected in Neshaminy's "R" word case - http://www.philly.com/philly/education/How_student_speech_is_protected_in_Neshaminy_case.html?c=r


Nov. 4
The military-industrial-media complex - http://fair.org/extra-online-articles/the-military-industrial-media-complex/​

On NBC, the missing story about parent company General Electric - http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/on-nbc-the-missing-story-about-parent-company-general-electric/2011/03/29/AFpRYJyB_story.html​

Oct. 22 links

Why women vote more D than R (aka the Gender Gap)
Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" comment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKa5CY-KOHc&safe=active

Rush Limbaugh says women who want birth control are sluts: http://gawker.com/5889676/rush-limbaugh-women-who-want-birth-control-are-sluts and http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/54xqzx/extremely-loud---incredibly-gross


Political culture in pop culture
Stand up comedy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDM_96X40BU&safe=active

HBO's The Newsroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjMqda19wk&safe=active

Conservative values in Twilight: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2011/11/26/Breaking-Dawn----Provides-a-Conservative-Role-Model-for-Young-Women

Progressive values in Harry Potter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Harry_Potter#Progressive_values_and_diversity

Start looking at these sites everyday

http://fivethirtyeight.com/politics/

http://www.politico.com/

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/

Unit 3 study guide

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10HV_aFTv0oZAGckm-MgXgrorgewS2ZFDIXZLgCOJ3Io/pub

ANNOUNCEMENT

JUNIORS & SENIORS:

If you are a junior or senior and do not want your name and address released to the military, please inform the school office no later than Tuesday, October 28^th .  Forms are available in the main office.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Friday no-class homework, library for class on Wednesday 10/15

Since we have no class on Friday 10/10, read these two articles about civil forfeiture:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/tim-walberg-an-end-to-the-abuse-of-civil-forfeiture/2014/09/04/e7b9d07a-3395-11e4-9e92-0899b306bbea_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2014/09/06/stop-and-seize/


Also, make sure you come to the Hollywood Library on Wednesday 10/15 for our review class on PSAT day.

Homework: FRQ practice

Date assigned
Friday, October 3


Assignment
Answer the FRQ that you did NOT do on the Unit 1 exam. Post your answer to the Google Group.

1) The writers of the Constitution sought to establish a government strong enough to enforce national interests but not so strong that it would destroy liberty.

a. Identify and explain two ways the Constitution increased the powers of the national  government.

b. Identify and explain two ways the Constitution limited the powers of the national government.

2) In the Federalist Paper #10, James Madison expressed concern over the possibility that both majority and

minority factions would have too much power over government, and he presented ways of minimizing that danger. The United States Constitution established a democratic government but also contained several provisions that limited majority rule.

a. Identify the part of the national government that was originally most closely tied to citizens and explain how

it was tied to citizens.

b. Explain two ways the United States Constitution limited majority rule.

Due date
Monday, October 6