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American Political Campaigning [Wednesday, October 25, 1st period]
Josh was staring into his coffee mug like it held the secrets to the universe.
"As you knew if you read your syllabus, today is our midterm." He smiled. "But don't worry--it's mostly a discussion. I'll give you a scenario based on one of the races currently going on and you tell me what you would do if you were the challenger, then what you would do as the incumbent based on what you've learned in this class so far."
"In the state of Pennsylvania, a two-term incumbent Republican Senator with a history of pro-life policies, leadership in the Republican political machine, and shooting his mouth off is down by 12 points with 13 days to go in the campaign." Josh passed out a series of paperswhich opens with a omg annoying Santorum ad that I can't make shut up, sorry on the Republican. "How do you try to overcome such an overwhelming deficit in numbers?"
Josh reached for more papers, this time on the challenger. "Then you are the pro-life Democrat from a political legacy family who's been serving as state treasurer for the last three terms. Other than inviting Senator Obama to campaign for you--which he's already done--what do you do to keep this kind of momentum running through election day?"
Josh sat down. "There are no wrong answers. I just want to see how much you've been paying attention."
"As you knew if you read your syllabus, today is our midterm." He smiled. "But don't worry--it's mostly a discussion. I'll give you a scenario based on one of the races currently going on and you tell me what you would do if you were the challenger, then what you would do as the incumbent based on what you've learned in this class so far."
"In the state of Pennsylvania, a two-term incumbent Republican Senator with a history of pro-life policies, leadership in the Republican political machine, and shooting his mouth off is down by 12 points with 13 days to go in the campaign." Josh passed out a series of papers
Josh reached for more papers, this time on the challenger. "Then you are the pro-life Democrat from a political legacy family who's been serving as state treasurer for the last three terms. Other than inviting Senator Obama to campaign for you--which he's already done--what do you do to keep this kind of momentum running through election day?"
Josh sat down. "There are no wrong answers. I just want to see how much you've been paying attention."