Presidential+General+Election

__Articles__
__[|Supreme Court divided over Health Care]__ __[|Carville says it is good for Dems to lose the Health Care case.]__

[|CBS NEWS: National Debt and Election Issue?]

__[|Impact of Republican Primary on General Election]__

__[|Just Wait Until Voters Focus on Obama's Record]__
====Period 5 lunch had a heated discussion of the basis of these two articles on 3/9/12, as defenders and critics of President Obama turn their focus more to the general election. How much would you say Obama has accomplished in his first 3 years? These articles provide very different answers.====

__[|We Need a Second Party]__ - excellent editorial by Thomas Friedman
Period 7 read this article and especially appreciated his middle-of-the-road approach that is OBVIOUSLY missing. He doesn't idealize either party, and therefore this article could be useful in class, especially USII as it references Nixon, Bush (I), Reagan and Clinton. The phrase "incoherent hardened positions" of the Republican party as well as his taking to task of those Republicans who paint themselves as born again Reaganites were particularly note worthy and interesting. It clearly explains what is wrong with the Repub party

__[|GOP's Anger Management Problem]__
====__[|Obama and 2012 Landscape]__ - details Obama's obstacles to re-election====

__[|How GOP Can Win Hispanic Vote]__ - analysis by Jeb Bush
====__[|America's Choice]__- Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson on what Republican Congressmen and Senators must do to show Americans a real choice in 2012====