Ok, the year is 2009. McCain has won by 5 points and mid-westerners everywhere are shooting off newly legal assault rifles, gutting public services, and enhancing criminal penalties for illegal immigrants. Then, suddenly, McCain suffers a fatal heart attack. People everywhere are simply shocked at the idea of someone in their mid-70's with pre-existing conditions dieing so unexpectedly from something so unforeseeable.
Thankfully, we have a system where there exists a Vice President which the knowledge, capability, and sound mind needed to step in and run this country. That person is.....Sarah Palin
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Any questions?
2.) Based on the characteristics of a successful governor on pages 163-43, why did Meg Whitman lose the last gubernatorial election?
Was one of those characteristics: Not-alienating-a-huge-percentage-of-the-voting-population-in-your-state-by-firing-your-Hispanic-maid-and-suddenly-adopting-a-tough-on-immigration-approach?
Seriously though, some of the things that I think hurt her were the narrative developed early on that she was essentially buying the governorship, her social view which got noticeably more conservative over time in a state where there is a large liberal voting populace, and her lack of political experience (this includes even simply going to the ballot box and voting)
3. Why do some governors go against what they know is wrong for example when it come to laws?
I simply couldn't pass this one up. I don't even know where to start, so I'll composite a short list which I'm sure doesn't even begin to cover all the reasons:
- They are pandering to their constituents.
- They promised it on the campaign trail
- Personal gain
- It would be politically damaging in the future to have not done it(or done it)
- Pressure from their party
- etc
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