1. Conservatives in the Political System Lecture 8 May 24

2. The Party System Republican Party Libertarian Party Conservative Party Constitution Party

3. The Party System

4. The Interest Group Arena Increase Lobbying Conservative PACs Decline in Grassroots Organizations

5. Pro-Life

6. Pro- Choice

7. Gun Rights

8. Gun Control

9. Liberal Donors

10. Conservative Donors

11. The Electoral Arena Major parties are becoming more coherent and polarized. More effective recruiting and mobilizing. Republican Party more successful in fundraising.

12. The Activism

14. Money

15. The Presidency Realignment Republican Policy Commitments Defense Tax Cuts

16. Republican Era 5 Republican Terms – 2-Democratic Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush George W. Bush

17. The Supreme Court Two new conservative Justices. Roberts and Alito Some conservative decisions United States v. Lopez Planned Parenthood v. Casey Lechmere Inc. v. NLRB Some liberals too Lawrence v. Texas

18. Changes in the Court Rehnquist CourtRoberts Court ConservativesRehnquist, Thomas, Scalia Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Scalia SwingKennedy, Stevens O’Connor, Souter Kennedy, Stevens, Souter LiberalBreyer, Ginsburg

19. Congress Congressional Majorities: House-1994 Senate-2002

20. The Effects of a Realignment

22. ██ Republican hold ██ Republican pickup ██ Democratic hold ██ Democratic pickup

23. Two Majorities

25. The Bureaucracy National Security Issue Network

26. Policy Process Welfare Reform Tax Cuts Volunteerism Foreign Policy

27. Welfare Reform Decentralization Personal Responsibility Dismantling of the Welfare State

28. Welfare Reform

29. Freedom Corps Volunteerism Patriotism

30. Tax Cuts Justice Economic Growth

31. Why?

32. Tax Cuts · Making the tax cuts permanent would generate large, backloaded revenue losses over the next 10 years. Combined with a minimal but necessary fix to the government's Alternative Minimum Tax, making the tax cuts permanent would reduce federal revenues by almost $1.8 trillion over 10 years — and that's in addition to the $1.7 trillion of revenue losses already locked into law. By 2014, the annual revenue loss would amount to $400 billion, or 2 percent of gross domestic product — almost the size of this year's federal budget deficit. (Brookings Institution)

33. Foreign Policies War on Terror Iran, Syria and North Korea Sudan AIDS Subsidies and Protectionism