Money Bomb: How Citizens United Shaped Political Campaigns In 2010, the Supreme Court case Citizens United vs Federal Election Commission revolutionized modern American politics. The emergence of the so-called “superPAC”, which can be seen funding every politician in the presidential race, are a direct result of this case. The Citizens United case brought the idea of corporate personhood into the forefront of American news and politics. Citizens United has created an unprecedented rush of interest money into the realm of political campaigns. The superPAC has created a ecosystem where corporations and unions can give an unlimited amount of money to a candidate with the expectation of a return on their investment in the form of political influence (Eggan).
Doing so gives him a longer term in power and receiving more seats in his riding to get a bigger majority government. As for the United States’ government, they have something that is called checks and balances. It is where executive, legislative, and judicial branches has the right to check one another’s actions in order to prevent concentration of power. Therefore if the president wants to make changes of some topic, it must be approved by the senate. An unique part about this
However, there are inevitably some questions arising about the electoral college and whether it still works best for the US today. Some say it should be completely scrapped, with a more democratic direct election taking it's place; others day that it can be mended by reforming it, and the final argument is to defend it, and leave it as it is. One reason to end the electoral college system is because it is not democratic enough. The winner of the nationwide vote could in fact lose the election because of the way the electoral college works. Popular vote winners have been denied the presidency in 1824, 1876, 1888 and 2000.
He believes and he wants all the people to believe that America will finally take the role of leading the world into a bright future, with the help of its incomparable democratic tradition, its progresses in science and technology and military affairs and its people’s hard efforts. In order to perfectly address his ideas, he makes use of many rhetorical devices. Being faced with the terrible Financial Crisis, the loss of Public confidence, Obama makes his address a horn to inspire Public confidence, a warranty to get democracy power, and a banner to recall America dream. He tries to make his people believe that America and American spirit would conquer the serious economic situation, and change it into a more prosperous country. Both of them are addressing their speech when America is in tough situation.
I find the comment, “Obama has not debated since 2008, and Romney has more practice,” a poor excuse for our President. Understanding that Obama has not debated in awhile he still had time to practice what he was going to do, and being the President he should know the problems that we are faced with and he should have thrown every opinion he had back in Romney’s face. Obama did little to explain to Americans how things would be better in his second term or how they would be different. He let many of the things Romney said go. He never once challenged Romney.
By using these specific words, Douthat is saying that the Democrats are not to be relied on or trusted. In his column, liberal Ronald Brownstein writes that demographics gave Obama the boost he needed to win the presidential election of 2012. He uses logos to demonstrate how demographics helped Obama win. He says that ever since 1992 Democrats have won the popular vote in four of the past five elections. He also writes that in
This suggests why Obama won the key swing states, Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Barrack Obama came from a relative unknown person, to a presidential candidate in matter of a few years, whilst McCain, as his age suggested had a political past that many were not fond of. In
Companies fought the government and the courts for the right to become incorporated and to reap its many benefits. Capitalism has adapted in order to continue making profits. Capitalism was the primary reason for the shift from Fordism to Post-Fordism, as Post-Fordism was a more efficient model of production meaning greater profits. Capitalism requires ever expanding markets and constantly evolving methods of production, lest it cease to exist (Marx & Engels, 1848). In order to achieve this a production revolution of sorts took place in many advanced economies, countries shifted from Fordism to Post-Fordism.
The media has had a great impact on the recent presidential elections. It is the most important and influential factor when determining who to vote for. The media has both positive and negative effects, it can make somebody look like a heroic person who is ready to lead the country no matter what happens, and it can also someone look like a babbling moron who has no clue about anything. The two main types of media that affect the election are paid advertising and news reporting. Paid advertising is when a presidential candidate pays to broadcast his message to the American people.
Moreover, Obama is looking to increase taxes on affluent Americans to fund a “$634 billion health care ‘reserve fund’ aimed at reforming the system” according to Ed Henry in his article Obama Seeks Tax Hike, higher Medicare Payments. Considering the government would see itself as providing healthcare for every American citizen, even supposing it is American taxpayers that are footing this bill; this will give the government a great argument for taxing many other goods that Americans buy. Cigarettes, fast food, and excess coffee consumption will be deemed as uncertain behavior and therefore will be taxed much more heavily. Also, the question needs to be raised as to what else is risky behavior. Kayaking, bicycle riding, and motorcycles can all be argued to be dangerous.