Groups And Interest

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Groups And Interest

• DeLundon J. Spearman
• Political Science 101-01
• Dr. Erickson April 12th 2006

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The Bush Administration- The Most Powerful Group,
with the Strongest Interest
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The Bush Administration The Unusual Group

• There are three major branches of groups with
  strong political conviction.
• PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS These groups have been
  most visible in consumer protection and
  environmental policy areas, although public
  interest groups cover a broad range of issues.

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• IDEOLOGICAL GROUPS- Closely related to and in
  many ways overlapping public interest groups are
  ideological groups, organized in support of
  particular political or philosophical
  perspective.
• PUBLIC SECTOR GROUPS- The perceived need for
  representation on Capitol Hill has generated a
  public-sector lobby in the past several years,
  including the National League of Cities and the
  research lobby.

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What Type of Group is the Bush Administration?

• ALL 3

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The Common Argument

• The Bush administration cannot be considered a
  group, as it is the executive branch, and
  comprised of a cabinet appointed by an elected
  official. (The President)

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Why the Common Argument is Wrong

• KARL ROVE IS WHY.
• The election of president Bush and the makeup of
  the republican party in America is orchestrated
  by one man. Rove is also been pointed to as the
  one who hand-picked Pres. Bush cabinet.

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The Group and its Main Players

• Karl Rove- Bush main advisor, chairman of the
  Republican party, and acting chief of staff.
  Group Ideological group (Seeking Radical Moral
  Reform through the government)
• explanation Karl Rove raised in strict
  Christian household. Parents divorced and then
  mother committed suicide, 5 years later he
  started his political career as the head of the
  George W. Bush congressional campaign.

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The Group and its Main Players

• Dick Cheney- Vice President
• Group Represented Public Interest
• Explanation Chairman of Haliburton, Director of
  Union Pacific, Proctor and Gamble, and EDS.

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The Group and its Main players

• Condolezza Rice Secretary of State Group
  Represented Public Sector Groups
• Explanation Dr.Rice has invested millions of
  dollars into prestigious secondary insitutions,
  which have very strong lobbyist. Also has strong
  ties and employment positions with companies who
  have public sector lobbyist. (Chevron
  Corporation, the Charles Schwab Corporation, the
  William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,
  Transamerica Corporation, Hewlett Packard, The
  Carnegie Corporation, The Carnegie Endowment for
  International Peace, The Rand Corporation, and
  KQED, public broadcasting for San Francisco. )

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The Group and its Main Players

• Bushs Role To create and maintain policy
  structured for his cabinet.

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The Results

• Ideological group
• Have brought attention and action to such topics
  ranging from Gay rights and marriage, to
  abortion.

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The Results

• Public Interest Group
• After congress (which is controlled by
  republicans.) approved defense contracts for the
  war on terror. Many of Mr. Cheneys companies
  received contracts.
• Halliburton has increased profits over 100
  since September 11th .

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The Results

• Public Sector Groups
• Educational Reform which directly effects
  secondary institutions. (Racial Quota admission,
  No Child Left Behind.)

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Bush Administration Lobbyist

• The Congress

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Conspiracy Theory?
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Could Be.

• But its Not likely

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Works Cited

• Chaffin, Josh. "Democrats Probe High Price of
  Haliburton." Financial Times (2004).
• Ginsber, Bengamin, Theodore J. Lowi, and Margaret
  Weir. We the People. New York The Norton
  Company.
• Lazarus, Edward. Closed Chambers. New York NY
  Times Books, 2005.
• "The Bush Administration." Wikipedia. 15 Mar.
  2006 .