After high school, Walker went on to attend Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he took an active role in the student government. During his senior year, Walker withdrew from Marquette University in order to accept a job offer from the American Red Cross. Not long after, Walker married the love of his life, Tonette, and had two sons, Matt and Alex.…
Scott Walker- “Testing the Waters” at Road to Majority Conference The Wisconsin governor was the keynote speaker at the Road to Majority conference Saturday night dinner. Speaking to a gathering of religious conservatives, Scott Walker began his speech asking for a moment of prayer for the “nine brothers and sisters in Christ who were taken on Wednesday in the Charleston shooting. Walker then called the shooting a “racist and evil act.”…
Bully or Bystander According to ‘’ Meet the New Sheriff, ‘’ by Suzanne, McCabe, an expert on bullying, estimated 1 to 5 students are either bullied or a bully. A bully is worse than a bystander. Bullies have more punishment, social life (family, friends), and peer pressure. A bully is worse than a bystander because you’re hitting a low or because of wanting to be accepted into a group or something else.…
Every four years, on the first Tuesday in November, millions of American citizens go to the polls and vote indirectly for their President. However, the actual election takes place in December, and only 538 people are involved. This small group of people is called the Electoral College. This paper will explain how the Electoral College works and analyze how it factors into the campaign strategies in Presidential election.…
Christopher James “Chris” Christie is a republican Candidate in the 2016 presidential election. Chris is currently the governor of New Jersey. He was first elected on January 19, 2010, and re-elected to a second term on November 5, 2013. He graduated from the University of Delaware and Seton Hall School of Law before becoming a lawyer. Christie also holds honorary doctorate degrees from Rutgers University and Monmouth University.…
“(We have) more to do for the young woman in East St. Louis, and thousands more like her, who has the grades, has the drive, has the will, but doesn’t have the money to go to college (Obama, para 6).” Interestingly, he follows this statement with an attempt to dissatisfy one of the commonplace arguments against liberal policies. Mr. Obama says that these people do not ‘expect that government will solve all of their problems,’ but that they are willing to work hard in order to achieve their dreams. This seems to solidify Obama’s ethos with the audience, especially when combined with the specific scenarios that he uses to exemplify the need for his policies. The middle section of the speech is dedicated to the 2004 Presidential Election.…
America’s Real Elector: The Electoral College “We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity by electing the electors who elect the President of the United States of America.” “In the summer of 1776, the Founding Fathers met in Philadelphia and composed a resolution that began an armed rebellion against the government of what was the most powerful nation on Earth at the time” (Edwards & Wattenberg, 2014, p. 32). This resolution, The Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, lays out how electors should meet in their respective states to cast…
After the Civil War, the United States’ economy was in shambles, the Republican vision shifted its priority from Reconstruction to economic resolution. In order to stimulate the economy, the government emphasized capitalism through industrialization. As industrialization expanded, the illusion of a prolific economy surfaced. However, although the national economy gleamed at a glance, poverty was prevalent amongst the working class. This divided the nation into two separate factions: producers who were against capitalism, and big capitalists who evidently supported capitalism.…
Mandated in the United States Constitution, the State of the Union Address is an informational message delivered by the president to Congress (Gerhard, 2014). Previous versions of the State of the Union Address focused on various topics that were considered important to the people of the United States. In researching data regarding previous speeches I found several facts regarding the makeup of these historical speeches. Prior to 1946, the State of the Union Address was called the Annual Message (History, Art & Archives, nd, ¶ 5). The State of the Union Addresses changed with its content, topics such as budget items, the state of the economy in regards to health and other general reports all were included in prior speeches.…
In reference to the political picture, I feel the author is trying to convey the point that Donald Trump needs to humble himself (hence humble pie). As we all may already know, Donald Trump in known for his egotistic remarks and just in all being very cocky and boastful about everything that he does. I feel like in life, when you let your ego get in the way for the wrong reasons, let’s say for your own personal satisfaction, personal gain, nine times out of ten you’re going to need to take a back seat before you get yourself into destruction. Therefore, with Donald eating this “humble pie” is very much needed before his race comes unto an abruptly…
The Populist Party usually consisted of middle-class farmers who wanted change from the government. They believed that government should be more involved in society, whereas political parties before embraced a Laissez Faire government. They called themselves the people’s party; which was fitting considering their demands for reform. They called for an 8-hour work day, secret ballots, a direct vote for the legislature, thought the government should own and operate the railroads, and many other topics that society sees today. The Populist Party formed out of the farmer’s alliance who wanted reform from the railroad company, however, quickly died out.…
The slogan that propelled Donald Trump into his influence across the nation, “make America great again,” shows that Trump sees America has fallen downhill and has hopes to improve it. Trump wants to see this country go back to the prosperous country it once was, but he does not know how to filter his words according to most, which makes him seem frightening. Despite Clinton’s accusation about the risk of Donald Trump, his clever use of scare tactics gives voters a sense of security because of his ideas concerning immigration and terrorism. According to Molly Ball, author of “Donald Trump and the Politics of Fear,” Donald Trump uses fear to his advantage in hopes of winning the presidential election.…
“Four score and seven years ago our forefathers…” (1863) this is one of the most quoted lines from a presidential speech ever. This speech was written by Abraham Lincoln on his way to address the union troops at Gettysburg. Lincoln was an amazing writer and speaker and was the first Republican president of the United States of America. Though this may not seem like an amazing feat in light of the Republican party of today, in 1860 there had never been a Republican in office. The Republican Party of 1860 was liberal, contrary to the extremely conservative party of the United States of 2016, but like today’s Republican Party, its philosophy and beliefs were in direct conflict with the Democratic Party.…
The process of nominating a presidential candidate and electing a president is very complex. The United States has two major political parties, the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Within each political party, the candidate has to announce that they plan on running for the presidential election. Once announcing their candidacy, they will begin their nomination campaign throughout the United States. A nomination campaign is where candidates of the same political party compete with one another to win delegate representatives to help support the candidate’s nomination at the national party convention.…
Written 230 years apart, President Donald Trump’s speech and the ideas expressed by the Anti-Federalists share some similar ideas. These ideas include subsidiarity as the most effective way of running an organization, momentum, and unity and identity. In President Donald Trump’s address to the Boy Scouts at the National Jamboree, he expresses views and ideas consistent with those of the Anti-Federalists. Trump tells the story of William Levitt, who was a successful small business owner who was bought out by a “big conglomerate.”…