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diff --git a/rich/22_vp b/rich/22_vp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f0f041f --- /dev/null +++ b/rich/22_vp @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +Nixon was effectively impeached (resigned), but we probably won't see +impeachments anytime soon because US wants to avoid appearance of +politcial removals as much as possible. + +The Vice Presidency +- "The Usual Suspect" - chosen to be an acceptable, presidential + candidate: often political experience, liked by party +- "Balance the Ticket" to gain electoral votes + - Geographical balancing (southern, western, midwestern votes, etc) + - Ideological balancing (Clinton+Al Gore, ex.) + - Ex: Reagan and HW Bush + - Demographic balancing + - Obama (young, black) + Biden (experienced/old, white) + - Biden + Kamala + - Used to be very little power/involvement + - Biden, Pence, Cheney had more power than in previous years + - Bush, ex., did not have much power from the president + - Mostly their role is + - Replacement (in case of dead, incapacitated, unavailable) + - President of the Senate + +Power to Persuade +- President/VP needs more than formal powers +- Have to win over Washingtonians, by persuasion + - Can directly persuade Congressmen, interest groups, thinktanks + - OR can persuade the people + - Persuade voters to ask their reps/senators + - Rhetorical skills: prepared speech + - also more informal engagement with base + - Resources of the office: influence (Oval Office, etc) + - "Washington Bazaar": engage with news media + +Future presidencies +- Presidential Power generally only expands + - Unless drastic changes occur +- Will the president become Arthur Schelinger's "imperial president" + - Used in referenc to Nixon + - More absolute, less checked behavior by the pres. + - Trump's potential coup may realize this +- What makes a relevant president + - Focused energy behind one chief (whatever role they assume) + - Energy + - Dosen't require a specific geographic location like Congress + - "Personal President": president is socially relevant to people + - Trump got votes because he seemed like a normal person + - Bill Clinton, super folksy president diff --git a/rich/23_comp b/rich/23_comp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c6f0d5d --- /dev/null +++ b/rich/23_comp @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Review: + Presidential and Parliamentary vary by levels of independence. + +Pres: +- Responsible to the "people" not legislative branch +- Power is diffuse and slower than direct work with legislative +- Fixed tenure + +Parliament: +- More oversight from the legislature +- PM Responsible to Legislative Branch +- Concentrated power (theoretically more timely and efficient) +- (Mostly) unfixed tenure + +Takeaway +- Parliamentary systems *tend* to be more stable, efficient, accountable +- Presidential System tends to separate powers better because of Checks + and Balances, as long as legislative branch retains this spirit. + - In the US, this hasn't exactly happened +- But this has only mostly changed because the Senate used to be elected + entirely independently of popular vote |