POLI 308: Review Sheet Five: Summer
2015
Jeri Newmann
This looks big, but don't worry. If you have come to class and done all the
reading, nothing here should be new to you.
Also,
though there are a lot of terms, obviously, not each one of them is the subject
of an essay. These terms, in order, are an outline of everything we've done so
far. A group of them might be the subject of an essay. Usually, you can't
explain a single term without referring to the terms next to it. So, really, if
you can say one or two things about each term and how it relates to the terms
around it and fits into the larger issues and concepts related to terrorism,
you're doing fine. Some terms, however, are filled with enough significance to
be short answers/identifications on the test (four or five sentences), but
you'll be able to figure out which ones.
The
exam will consist of two parts:
Part
One:
20 Multiple Choice Questions (4 points each -- 80 points):
Part
Two:
short essay: Chose 2 of 5 (10 points each)
List of terms: Those terms preceded by an asterisk
(*) are primarily found in the readings.
Party Philosophy 1990s
*hyperpartisanship
*mobilizing
voters by emphasizing differences
*Newt
Gingrich strategy
CLINTON:
Democratic Party after 1984 election
*Old Democrats vs. new Democrats
Why the growth of a moderate center?
*Democrats
lost South
*Impact of
Reagan revolution (shifting US politics to the right)
*Deficit
tax
revolts of 1970s and 1980s
economic
slowdown since 1970s
perceived
failure of:
1.
Democratic New Deal/Great Society
2.
Reaganomics
Fight in each Party
*Democrats:
centrist vs. liberal – centrists win
*Republicans:
moderate vs. conservative – Movement conservatives win
*New Democrats – Democratic
Leadership Council
*Socially
liberal
*Fiscally
Conservative
*Pro-Business
Government
has limited, but important role
*Clinton as New Democrat
Education reform in Arkansas
The logic of Clinton's election
1992 election: Three way race
*Is Clinton really a New Democrat?
*Gays
in the military
*Health
care
*Budget
*Triangulation
and Welfare reform
Trade
Economic world order building and
globalization
Pro-business Democrat
*Aggressive
promotion of free trade
*economic policy as the key to
foreign policy
*Republicans take the House and
Senate
*The trust issue
*Slick Willie
*Scandals and accusations
*Investigations and evidence
*Clinton and his spin team's defense
against the accusations
*Clinton's relationship with the
media
*Clinton haters
The impeachment and Acquittal of
Clinton
Red, Blue, and Purple States (Some Lecture but mostly from Brownstein)
What a red or blue or purple states
look like county by county
If the US
electorate is really polarize, why?
1. *Party
Changes from 1960s to 1980s realignment
a.
*Parties used to have moderate and conservative
wings
b.
*Shift to a more purely conservative Republican
Party and amore purely Liberal
Democratic Party
2. Urban vs.
Rural, plus College Towns
3. *Regional
a.
*Solid South Realignment
4. *Culture
War: “Guns, God and Gays”
5. *Result of
“winner-take-all” system
6. *Gerrymandering
If the
electorate is not polarized, why does it seem like it is?
1. *Polarization
is an election strategy
a) *Polarized
elites
b) *The use of
fear
c) *Mobilization
by emphasizing and exaggerating differences (Brownstein)
2. *Low
Turnout
a) *only the
most ideological vote
3. *Independent Voters: alienated?
4. *Purple
States: swing voters
a) *Solid red
states, solid blue states, and purple swing states
b) *Presidential
elections vs. midterm elections and primaries
George W. Bush (Bush 43)
*2000 Election
*Bush as uniter and divider
*Goal of Republican unity instead of
bipartisanship
*strategy of division or polarization
G. W. Bush
W’s administration as Reagan
Priority: Tax cuts
Bush 43 on his own: compassionate
conservatism
Reagan conservative, but No Child
Left Behind
Weak mandate after 2000 and losing
Senate in May 2001
Pre-modern presidency vs. modern
presidency
Modern presidency as crisis
presidency
Post-Modern Presidency?
Cold
War ends
Fate of Bush
41, Clinton, and Bush 43 before 9/11
Impeachment
of Clinton
Characteristics of Post-Modern
Presidency
Weak
executive
Powerful
Congress
Madisonian
style checks and balances
Governor of
the USA?
Then 9/11
*Crisis presidency reborn/New
imperial presidency
*Unitary Executive Theory
*Executive
power
*National
security
*The fight against presidential power
1.
*Bush
homeland security institutions in EOP vs. Dept of Homeland Security
2.
*Asking
Congress for Authority
3.
Surveillance
4.
Detainees
5.
*Signing
Statements
6.
Executive
Orders
Obama
Obama
Historic election
Democrats making history no matter
who wins nomination
Obama’s background
Election to Senate and Presidency
McCain-Palin
Weird election
Birthers
Great Recession fall 2008
Bush and Obama response
Obama priorities
Health Care fight
Within
administration
Republican
reaction and overreaction and rhetoric
Tea Party movement
Legitimate
issues
Problems
within movement
2010-2914 elections
Republican Strategy vs. Obama
Obama strategy
Lessons from Teddy Roosevelt
Not
enough bully pulpit
Lessons from LBJ
Not
enough control of congressional actions and details of the bill
Lessons from Ronald Reagan
Clarity
and simplicity in selling the message
The
basic elements of reform
Increased polarization
Obama increases government regulation
Republicans see government as the
problem
A divide and hyperbole increases
polarization