Creating Your Ideal Presidential Candidate - January 28, 2008

Agenda:
1. Journal - My Ideal President (pg 13)
"What would your ideal President of the United States be like? If you could "custom build" our nation's leader, what qualities would he or she possess?"
2. Presidential Candidate Forum (not in INB)
HW: Presidential Candidate Survey (not in INB)

The California primary election is next Tuesday, and the Republican and Democratic parties are deciding which candidate each would like to send to the General Election in November. Think of this process like the football playoffs. The NFC and AFC both had their divisional playoffs to decide which team to send to the "big game." That's what the parties are doing now.

Once we reach the party conventions this summer, both the Democrats and Republicans (and of course the "third parties" as well) will each choose their "finalist" to send to the political Super Bowl: the November general election. After all Americans have voted, on the night of November 4, 2008, we will know who the next President of the United States will be. This kind of thing only happens once every four years, so for a history teacher, this is a very exciting time!

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