3.3 Merci, lago, she go, wherever I go, wherever we go, we do it pronto

1. Jimmy Carter's 35,000 words/ Clinton's 9,172 words

2. 1973: Nixon

3. They both are known for their long speeches. Clinton is considered the longest speaker and Obama is second.

4. Jimmy Carter had short speeches, but he had fairly long text with his speeches, which he often sent to ?Congress.

1. The bully pulpit is widely held to impart significant advantage to presidents by equipping them with a powerful megaphone to persuade the American people and other political actors to support their positions

2. The platform is perceived to be especially potent because it is a prerogative all the president’s own, unencumbered by other branches of government. No member of Congress or Supreme Court justice can vet his prose. Leaving the power "unchecked".

3. In the past, the use has been extremely high and with great success rates, but in recent years, it is not used as much or as effectively. The American people are not as often addressed either.

4. Rather than hearing from the president directly, the American people often come to learn about his messages through the filter of journalists. The rise in punditry has coincided with heightened investigation into— and criticism of—presidential claims. Presidential statements no longer go uncontested either.

5. When presidents talk to the public on the chances they are given, they are often ignored. When they are not ignored, they are simply not listened to and the people remain unpersuaded.

3.2 Listen as the Crowd Would Sing, Now the Old King is Dead, Long Live the King

1. The position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States; the principal legal officer who represents a country or a state in legal proceedings and gives legal advice to the government.

2. His executive actions may be challenged in court by some who claimed they would do so. Not getting legislation in the books also means that a President in the future who disagrees with him could unilaterally reverse Obama's actions. Also a congressional Republican also threatened to block funding for the Justice Department to stop the executive actions.

3. People can get guns if they buy them from private sellers, and through this method there is no background checks. Also the program that runs background checking does not have the resources it need to be efficient and thorough.

5. The private seller method. The program does not receive enough money to run itself efficiently. Also, the program has a loophole that says that if a case is halted, since it is not thorough whether a person should have a gun, then it is given a 3 day wait period for the fbi to get to it. If this fails to happen, the person in question can go ahead and buy a gun... We could see how this could create some problems. Also, since the system does not have enough money to run its on background checks on individuals thoroughly, it relies on other thing such as state records. If the state does not have records on an individual, this can just fly by the system as someone with no history of mental illness.

6. His executive actions would not close the loopholes, but they do take steps to tighten current restrictions on firearms and ensure that federal officials can actually enforce the law that's on the books.

7. Mostly the NRA and strong gun advocates who more times than not will be with the NRA.

8. Washington state and Oregon passed law ensuring all guns have to go through background checks, including those sold between individuals. This is a tightening on restrictions. Some Democratic states have tightened restrictions and some Republican states have loosened restrictions.

9. It would take decades for the impact to be felt.

10. To have a more immediate impact, the US would have to find a way to quickly remove the number of guns in circulation.

3.1 Pink Toes Pressed Against The Carpet. Show Your Face, and Finish What You Started.

1. They caused the main federal statute governing K-12 education to get an overhaul, as well as the federal disability insurance system. A continued dispute about federal highway funding finally got resolved, as did a long-running dispute about Medicare payments. December saw a whole bunch of tax changes featuring good news for low-wage workers and a broad set of business interests. Congress passed a law to ban microbeads in bath products to help protect the nation's fisheries.

2. Many bills passed between 2009 and 2010 since Democrats won big in the 2008 election and because the Obama White House was good at coordinating with Democratic congressional leaders on the question of what issues Democrats wanted to take up.

3. They want to get bills passed, so they have started to compromise a bit more.

4.In competing for political offices only one can win a position, but in passing policy, everyone can win if they compromise and get stuff passed. While politician expend resources and run for political policies, nothing gets done. This is bad for everyone.

5. Republicans won some tax victories that were important to them, and Democrats won some tax victories for the working class. In exchange, both sides had to let the other side push up the budget deficit, but it turned out neither side really cared that much, so both sides win.

6. Many deals were worked out in secrecy, and they were not done well at all. There was repeated failure in rewriting a No Child Left Behind policy as well, which did not help very much either.

7. The politicians work together in secrecy, so outside people and groups don't have as much influence on preventing things from moving forward or passing. The main way to keep people in the dark is by having them focus on other more important issues that are highly debated on.