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Bell Ringer on a ½ sheet

• Have you ever had a job with multiple duties?
  What conflicts can arise from it?

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The Presidency
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Roles

• 1) Chief of State
• Ceremonial head of Gov.
• Rules and reigns
• 2) Chief Executive
• Executive Power in domestic foreign affairs
• 3) Chief Administrator
• Director of the Federal Gov.
• 4) Chief Diplomat
• Architect of foreign policy.

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• 5) Cmdr in Chief
• Of the nations armed forces
• Subject to his control
• 6) Chief Legislator
• Sets congressional agenda- public policy
• 7) Party Chief
• Leader of party
• 8) Chief Citizen
• The Representative of the people

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Formal Qualifications

• Constitution States
• 1) Natural Born Citizen
• 2) Must be 35 years of age.
• 3) Lived in the US 14 consecutive years.
• Term
• 4 years and then reelection.
• Enough years to prove ones self.
• 22nd Amendment Limited to 2 terms only! No more
  than 10 years.

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Pay Benefits!

• Congress sets salary.
• 25,000 in 1789
• 400,000 today as of 2001.
• 50,000 expense allowance
• 132 room mansion on 18.3 acres
• Fleet of cars, helicopters, Air force One, Camp
  David, health care!

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Quiz

• 1) Congress have the President a pay raise in
  what year?
• 2) ___ Amendment limited the Presidential term to
  ___ terms.
• 3) Name 2 role the President plays.
• 4) Name 2 qualifications for President
• 5) President Obama is the ___th President.

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Presidential Succession

• Precedent set by John Tyler in 1841
• Vice President
• Speaker of the House
• President pro tempore of the Senate
• Secretary of State
• Secretary of Treasury
• Secretary of Defense
• Attorney General
• Secretary of the Interior
• Secretary of Agriculture
• Secretary of Commerce
• Secretary of Labor
• Secretary of Health and Human Services
• Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
• Secretary of Transportation
• Secretary of Energy
• Secretary of Education
• Secretary of Veterans Affairs
• Secretary of Homeland Security

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• 25th Amendment set it for VP
• Pres Succession Act of 1947
• After VP
• President on Disability
• 1) Informs congress in writing
• 2) VP and members of Cabinet inform Congress that
  Pres is incacipated..
• Pres informs congress he is better.

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The VP

• Presides over Senate
• Questions Pres disability
• Chosen to Balance the Ticket strengthens the
  chance of being elected.
• Cannot be fired by Pres.

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Bell Ringer

• If you were to be elected President, what would
  like to accomplish?
• Homework due

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13.3 The Framers Plan

• Original Provisions
• Feared Congress selection direct election
• Alexander Hamiliton Presidential electors with 2
  votes for each candidate. The one w/ the most
  wins 2nd place gets VP.
• Electors are free agents picking the most
  qualified.

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Rise of Political Parties

• Electoral College- group of people chosen from
  each state and DC to formally select the Pres.
• Parties cause problems.Election of 1800
• Federalists nominate their P VP and so do the
  Demo Republicans.
• Electors vote on party linestie
• 12th Amendment changes the college to what it is
  today.

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13.4 Presidential Nominations

• Role of Conventions
• Purely party invention.
• Party out of power goes first.
• Held in a major city
• Delegates chosen from states who vote for the
  candidate.

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Primaries

• 1) Party chooses delegates
• 2) Delegates choose candidate.
• States set up primaries according to their own
  laws.
• Proportional Representative, not winner takes
  all.
• National Conventons allow delegates to choose
  their pres nomination and adopt their platform
• 1st 2 days keynote address and the last 2 are
  closing speeches.

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Who is Nominated?

• Who is electable?
• Those who serve in public life.
• Served in elected office.
• Those who are popular.
• Those who are Protestants.
• Those who look good on tv, healthy, attractive,
  happily married, have families.

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TEST

• Complete Questions 1-24 on page 386 and the
  political cartoon on page 387.
• DUE MONDAY by 8am!! No Exceptions!