Recount Facts and Questions

Facts:
1.  Gore retracted the concession he gave Bush
2.  The Supreme Court ruled to stop the recount
3.  People were not sure whether or not to count dimpled ballots
4.  The ballots were hard to read to begin with
5.  The deadlines given for the recounts were unrealistic
6.  Katherine Harris was uneasy about permitting any recounting being done past the deadlines
7.  Some counties would not recount the ballots by hand. 
8.  The ballot counting machine can sometimes read ballots differently than they originally did.

Questions:
1.  Should the Supreme Court of gotten involved?
2.  Was it right of Katherine Harris to be tough on extending the deadlines?
3.  How much time would be sufficient to recount the ballots?
4.  Will this case provide any precedents for any future problems?
5.  Was the Supreme Court decision based on political party lines?
6.  Should the all of the states have a regulated voting system?
7.  Should the government declare if a ballot with a dimple is a vote or not?
8.  Was it wrong of Gore to keep pushing for a recount? 

Election 2000

Prereading Questions:
1.  Should the recount of even taken place?
2.  Was it wrong of Gore to take back his concession?
3.  Should the Supreme Court of gotten involved?
4.  Should more time have been giving for a recount?
5.  Why were some counties so against a manual recount?

Facts/details from the reading:
1.  Florida's county election board use different methods for collecting votes.
2.  Neither cutoff dates for the recount would of been sufficient enough time.
3.  The assaults on the courts from the liberals were stunning.
4.  Liberals view conservatives primitives who are corrupt.
5.  Author believes that the courts are the heavy artillery for liberalism engaged. 

Postreading Questions:
1.  Should the courts get involved in any future elections?
2.  Should every state have a regulated voting system?
3.  How can the states stop any future voting flaws?
4.  Is it right for the political parties to call each other as primitive?
5.  Should Congress pass any bills that will give a clear solution for any future voting problems. 

Politician Update

Pat Toomey missed 4 or 2% of the role calls of 165 roll call votes since January 26, 2011.  He also sits on these commitees Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, Housing, Transportation and Community Development, Securities, Insurance and Investment, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, Communications, Technology, and the Internet, Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance, Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, Senate Committee on the Budget, Joint Economic Committee.  Pat Toomey has also sponsored 7 bill since January 25, 2011.  Five of these have not made it out of comittee and none of them so far have been enacted.  He has also co- sponsored 58 additional bills.  Three of the bills Pat Toomey has sponsored include: S. 1578: End Unnecessary Mailers Act of 2011
 S. 1689: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require a comprehensive policy on reporting and tracking sexual assault incidents and other safety incidents that occur at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
 S.Con.Res. 21: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2012 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 through 2021.
These are only a few of the bills Pat Toomey has sponsored. 

Faction Response

Madison describes factions as groups of people, both majority and minority who share a common impulseof passion or of interest.  He then goes into the ways how people can stop factions when they become too dangerous, these include removing its causes, controlling its effects, destroying its liberty which is essential for its existence, and give every citizen the same beliefs, passions, and interests. 

1.  Are factions good or bad?
2.  Who decides when a faction has become dangerous?
3.  How many people does it take to make up a faction?
4.  By destroying factions are you stripping away a citizens freedom of speech?

Faction- A group of people who are motivated by passions and who try to radically take control of the politics in the government. 

Factions today would be like our political parties, each stand for different ideals, but both fight each other to try and assume control of the government.  Also modern day factions try to push through bills that benefit their beliefs and supposedly the beliefs of the people they represent.  Today factions try and take control by gaining majorities in the three branches of the government, and they accomplish this by gaining the support of the people.

Representatives

Pat Toomey

 Michael Castle

Political Ideology

Many factors contribute to a person's choice of political party. Research indicates that the strongest factors are family and community influences. The platforms and positions of the two major parties can also have an influence, but these can change and evolve over time. For that reason, it is helpful to examine contemporary issues to be sure that your party preference matches your political ideology , or personal beliefs about government.

Based on your response to the questions on the political ideology survey, you are a moderate.

You probably identify with some of the views of both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. You may also be interested in the Green Party and the Libertarian Party. Your ideology is shared by the following Members of the House of Representatives:

• Michael Castle (R - DE, At-Large)
• Lincoln Davis (D - TN, 4th District)

Response to Olivia's political cartoon

This cartoon is making fun of people who are against the foreigners immigrating into the United States, it is saying that they shouldn't be allowed to live in the country because they don't speak English, but in some cases foreigners speak better English than Americans do.  I think it is fair for immigrants to have to take a test on American history because they were born in different country and brought up with different ideas and if they choose to live in a new country they should know its history and its views on government.