1. How does Paste Magazine characterize Cory Booker? Cory Booker seems to teeter totter on his stances, and he usually agrees with what's popular to try to appeal to the audience and get more popularity, regardless of what he supported in the past. He is inconsistent.
2. Why did Cory Booker vote against an amendment that seems like it would help people? New Jersey (his home state) has many pharmaceutical companies, so it would make sense that he'd want to side with them and corporate interests.
3. How does Cory Booker justify his vote publicly? He was weary about the drugs imported from Canada and the safety of them.
4. Where does Cory Booker get his campaign funding from? He gets it from pharmaceutical companies of course.
5. What else, besides sources of campaign funding, may impact his vote? His allies on Wall Street may influence his votes, and also he must please his constituency who are in pharmaceuticals.
6. Why did Cory Booker testify against Jeff Sessions? He wanted to gain support/popularity and seem more progressive to the people.
7. Why would this impact his "national ambitions"? He wants to appeal to wider audience, so if he is well-liked in his constituency, he might reach national popularity.
8. How do his ties to industry & special interest jeopardize those? He is separate from true progressives, and he teeter totters in his stances, because he is loyal to his state and their pharmaceutical ties, and has business allies who are influential.
9. What will serve as Trump's "bully pulpit"? Social media of course, with his twitter account, and he can stage events and such.
10. How are Trump's nominations serving to keep his party happy? The people he nominated have all been conservative, and these people would no doubt back the party agenda because of their stance.
11. Why is it important that Trump get more attention than the policies he is likely to enact? His goal is to win over some of the country so they like him more.
12. Why would Trump meet with high profile candidates like Al Gore, but chose someone else for the job? He wants to appear more likable with his meetings and wants people to think that he is not as bad as people think he is, but end up chosing far right people.
13. In what ways might the role of the Cabinet change under a Trump presidency? The power might shift back to the Cabinet, whereas in the Obama years :'( more focus was on the White House staff, rather than the Cabinet.
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