PSC 1113 1st Edition Lecture 10 Running for Office Parties and Independents Outline of Last Lecture I Parties Outline of Current Lecture I Who Will Be Running in 2016 II The Decision to Run Current Lecture I Who Will Be Running in 2016 A Dem Hilary Clinton Joe Biden Elizabeth Warren etc B Repub J Bush Christie Rubio Rand Paul Carson etc C Just because they re thinking about running doesn t mean they will II The Decision to Run 1 Gary Hart was going to run but then he got caught cheating on his wife so he decided to not because he wasn t going to win 2 A lot of people thought Mario Cuomo would be a great candidate so he was going to run but he backed out at the very last second 3 Colin Powell made a name for himself and people considered him a potential candidate but no one really knew what he stood for for a while but he backed out because he wasn t dedicated to the presidency A Questions 1 Do you want this or are you being dragged in 2 Does your family want this too 3 Can you handle the 24 7 nature of campaigning 4 Can you raise money 5 Do you have credentials 6 Do you have the time 7 Do you have bases of support 8 Can you get endorsement 9 How would you assemble a staff i You need people to work on your behalf These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute 10 Do you have access to outside help i Pollsters consultants media field organizers 11 Are you well known regionally Nationally 12 Is there anything in your political personal past that might haunt you
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