Nearly everything pertaining to candidates and campaigns for Congress is profoundly influenced by whether a candidate is ______.

Lawmakers take on different roles within a legislature. A legislative expert

a. becomes a respected authority on a particular subject and provides clues as to how to vote on proposals related to that subject. b. becomes the party leader who is expert at keeping track of how everyone else is going to vote. c. leaves government and works for a company related to a particular subject area in order to become an expert on that topic. d. is someone needed to testify in a court case as an expert.

Which of the following media outlets would likely seem dangerous to a corrupt, authoritarian regime with a strong information monopoly?

A) Newspaper editorials B) Television anchors C) Internet blogs D) Primetime coverage