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During the semester, I shall post course material and students will comment on it. Students are also free to comment on any aspect of American politics, either current or historical. There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges. This blog is on the open Internet, so post nothing that you would not want a potential employer to see. Syllabus: http://gov20h.blogspot.com/2023/08/draft-introduction-to-american-politics.html

Sunday, September 21, 2008

McCain and Obama should act like Senators

Historically, presidential candidates from the legislature face criticism for having no executive experience, and it's been really hard for candidates to get elected from the Senate.

Currently the Treasury is asking the Senate for 700 billion dollars. That's $700,000,000,000, more than the cost of the Iraq War, and about 80% of the size of the federal discretionary budget. Don't you think this would be a great time for the candidates to, you know, lead the Senate? Get in front of some cameras, cast a vote, rally your fellow Senators, etc.

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