2. "It (Party System) serves to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration....agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one....against another....it opens the door to foreign influence and corruption...thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another." What is Washington warning against in his farewell address? Do you agree? Explain.

3. Public schools should begin each day with a prayer. Businesses operate most efficiently when they determine how much their workers earn. Government should not set a minimum wage. Law-abiding citizens should have no limit on the number of guns they may own.

4. Individual people should rely on their own hard work to achieve financial stability. Religion and public schools should be kept separate. The minimum wage is a great example of how the government can protect workers from being taken advantage of by businesses. Gun control laws are an important way to protect public safety. Sometimes the poor need financial help from the government.

5. Less Gov. More Gov. Less Gov. More Gov.

9. IssueDemocratsRepublicans Social SpendingProAnti Military Spending AntiPro Budget DeficitBalanced BudgetTax Cuts EducationPro Spending Pro Public Schools Pro Teachers Unions Anti Spending Pro School Choice Pro Teacher Testing

10. CulturePro Multiculturalism Pro monoculture Life StyleLiberal FreedomTraditional Values AbortionPro ChoicePro Life Gay RightsProAnti Gun ControlProAnti EnvironmentPro EnvironmentPro Big Business EnergyPro-Alternative Sources Pro Big Energy Companies UnionsProAnti

11. Traditionally Dem. Switched to Republican DemocratsRepublicans SouthernersUnion membersBusiness owners FarmersMinoritiesWhite Jewish, CatholicProtestant Urban DwellersSuburban Dwellers Rural Dwellers Economic Liberals Economic Conservatives Free Market

12. Nominating Candidates Inform & Activate Support Bonding Agent Function Governing Watchdog

14. open secrets

15. They must be persuasive to sway votes on legislation Pled guilty on January 3, 2006, to three criminal felony counts January 32006felony

17. Equality

20. Making it on your own

22. Speech From Fear To Worship From Want

24. Currency retaining value