John McCain

In the presidential terms following Ford’s SNL stayed out of the political headlines. Dan Akyroyd as Jimmy Carter and (most notably) Phil Hartman as Ronald Reagan made waves comedically, though they didn’t cause much controversy. Rather than targeting the presidents and exploiting their weaknesses, Akyroyd and Hartman took a more pleasant path (Compton, 2016). Because of that fact, neither Carter nor Reagan felt compelled to mention SNL nevertheless guest star on the show. For a while, that seemed

This election portrayed an array of highs and lows for our campaign. Contrary to the belief of many, our campaign was not faulty, we did accomplish much, however, a number of inconvenient events surfaced that had made us face a series of unfortunate situations. There were times when the staff was not prepared to handle affairs that concerned this election and there were times when you were not properly informed or prepared on matters concerning this election which heavily contributed to the forlorn

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) When Senators Russ Feingold and Senator McCain introduced the first version of the BCRA on September 7, 1995, soft money was still in the reform. “Soft money contributions, which were unregulated donations made to a political party, were not allowed under the law to influence individual candidates

Dalton Cowan PS 103-05 October 20, 2016 Current Events Journal 2 Story 1 A) http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/us/politics/presidential-election-polls.html?ref=politics B) Following a good performance in Monday night’s debate, Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers have risen in a number of key states. First, in a poll taken in Florida after the debate by Mason-Dixon polling and research, Clinton held a 46 percent to 42 percent advantage over Donald Trump, which was significant given that a New York

The Election The Presidential Election of 2016 is not until November, but both parties are beginning to narrow their fields down and begin their preparation for an election that is expected to be highly contested. With previous election seasons, the current primary season has already seen some notable in-fighting within the two major political parties, with potential candidates attacking each other in an attempt to get their party nominated. What is very interesting is how fluctuating the support

candidates involved. John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama entered the presidential

Since the Syrian Civil war began, the United States has forgone over 4.1$ billion on humanitarian aid, aimed to help keep refugees within the region and out of surrounding areas such as Lebanon and Israel. Despite such vast expenditures, over 4 million refugees have desperately fled the war ridden streets of Syria in hopes of a future (Hanley 16-20). Since September 2001, popular media and political arenas have largely vilified muslim culture, and ideology; profoundly impacting society’s general

The statement “I want my job back!” has become a war cry for the masses. Great amounts of money are being dumped into the economy, but with little to no return. The system is failing and people are becoming restless. In light of the recent “Occupy Wall Street” protests the question begs to be answered, “Are we going to get our jobs back?” With so many politicians declaring they have the answers, how can we find the correct path to follow? Something is missing from both plans, but first the plans

Of all the actions President Trump has accomplished, subtlety is not one of his strong suits. This is why the hypothetical question of if the President had superpowers, which one would he choose? This is a question that children have asked one another as long as there have been comic books or TV. But it's not a meaningless question in the slightest. Psychologists have studied how a person's answer reveals something about his or her self-confidence, fearfulness and capacity for leadership. In the

is one of the big reasons why his support has dropped so dramatically. Many feel that isn’t long enough and is unrealistic. Others feel he shouldn’t even put a time frame on the withdraw. “Republicans reacted warily, as well. Officials said Sen. John McCain, who was Obama’s Republican opponent in last year’s presidential campaign, told Obama at an early evening meeting attended by numerous lawmakers that declaring a timetable for a withdrawal would merely send the Taliban underground until the Americans