Gov We Luv - Mr. Kirby's AP Class

Thursday, February 2, 2012

For Romney and Paul, a strategic alliance between establishment and outsider

Here is the article we discussed in Period 8.

Semester 2 Reading

Weeek of 3/26-3/30

Chapter 10 THE BOOK IS FINISHED!!!!!
Weeek of 3/19-3/23

Chapters 9, 17, 18 in text

Week of 3/12-3/16

Chapter 19 in Text
Exercising Wartime Powers (Swanson Unit 6)
Unilateralism v. Multilateralism (Swanson Unit 6)
Readings on Afghan War @ Govweluv

Due Monday 3/5

Readings: The President is a Dolt.....

From Mr. Swanson's site:
Arthur Schlesinger - The Imperial Presidency
Clinton Rossiter - The Presidency - Focus of Leadership
Craig Rimmerman - The Rise of the Plebiscitary Presidency
Boumediene et ak v Bush
Michael Cairo - The Imperial Presidency Triumphant
Richard Neustadt - Presidential Power (Lasser)
Richard Neustadt - Presidential Power (Woll)
Richard Neustadt - Presidential Power & the Modern Presidents

Weeks One through Three (2/1-Winter Break)

You should be taking notes on ALL readings.
For the online readings consider the following:

What is the author's thesis?

Is there a POV or bias?

What are the most effective supporting arguments?

Are there counter arguments or questions you would pose?

Did the author raise any points that interested or surprised you, or challenged your own POV?

The notes need not be more than a half page per source, but if you do not take notes you will find yourself struggling come time to review.

1) Read Chapter 8 in Sabato

2) Unit 4 Readings (Mr. Swanson's Site) Underlined docs for Monday 2/12.

Richard Fenno, Going Home
Stephen Frantzich, Re--‐Presentation
John McCain, Hey There!
Evan Bayh, Why I’m Leaving the Senate

Ronald Brownstein, The Four Quadrants of Congress

Morris Fiorina, The Rise of the Washington Establishment

Michele Swers, The Difference Women Make

Woodrow Wilson,Congressional Government
Lawrence C Dodd, Congress and the Quest for Power
David Price, Congressional Experience

Paul Starobin, Pork: A Time Honored Tradition Lives on

John Ellwood & Eric Patashnik, In Praise of Pork

Sarah Binder & Thomas Mann, Slaying the Dinosaur

Bill Frenzel, Defending the Dinosaur

Gregory Wawro, & Eric Schickler, Filibuster

Barbara Sinclair, The 60 Vote Senate

Paul Quirk & Sarah Binder, Congress and the American Democracy

Sarah Binder, Stalemate

David R. Mayhew, Congress: The Electoral Connection

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Friday, January 6, 2012

ELECTION RESULTS!!!!!!

Period 6 - Mike Thomas, The Toucan Party. "You can with the Toucan"

Period 8 - Tom Ferry, Advancing America Party in a 1 vote recount win! Congratulations to all of the candidates for a good job all around.