What were the consequences of then candidate Barack Obama’s decision to self-fund his campaign in 2008?
What will be an ideal response?
Because he did not receive the federal subsidy it meant that his campaign had to raise all of the funds that it would spend, but the amount it could spend was not limited.
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While Clinton had to reach the compromise of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Obama was successful at getting Congress to rescind the prohibition. Why was Obama successful while Clinton was not? a. Obama's grassroots campaign was more successful than Clinton's. b. Public opinion about gay rights had changed between Clinton and Obama. c. The Equal Rights Amendment was not ratified until after Clinton left office. d. The demand for soldiers was greater during the Obama administration.
In speaking of Russia, which of the following declared, “Yeltsin drunk is better than most of the alternatives sober”?
a. Bill Clinton. b. Ronald Reagan. c. George H. W. Bush. d. George W. Bush.
If you thought you were getting an inferior public education because of your ethnicity, which part of the Constitution would you rely on most heavily to justify your case?
a. the First Amendment b. the Thirteenth Amendment— c. the Fourteenth Amendment d. the Nineteenth Amendment
Say there were an inheritance tax that imposed a tax of 30% of all estates valued at over $1 million. What would the incidence of this tax be?
a) Proportional b) Regressive c) Flat d) Progressive