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I think Smith compares closely to Senator Mark Kirk. Smith compares to Kirk because of his determination. In January of 2012, Mark Kirk suffered an ischemic stroke. Northwestern Memorial Hospital took good care of him and relieved the swelling in his brain. Kirk struggled through a year of intensive rehab and therapy to get back to his healthy self. Kirk returned to work on January 3, 2013. This was something Kirk would remember for the rest of his life. He didn't let the little hiccup in his life affect his career. Jefferson Smith is a determined Senator as well. He was framed for something he did not do and he was not stopping for anything until he proved his innocence and his right to his seat. They are not alike in the sense that Kirk worked for Congressman John Porter, at the World Bank, practiced law and served five terms in the House of Representatives before he was elected to the Senate. Jefferson Smith was just put straight on the senate. Also, no one voted for Mr. Smith to be in the Senate, he was just put there.

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I think Mr. Smith married Ms. Saunders. It was so cute to see how much passion she had for him. She wanted him to excel in his career and didn't want to see him get hurt. I think Mr. Smith had a long ride as a Senator. I also think he did a really good job and helped his state become balanced, fair, and productive. I love how he had such a passion for the Boy Rangers and wanted to create new camps for them so they can meet new people and get different perspectives on life. I would definitely support Smith.

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I liked the movie. I think it was good and showed ways of corruption and the ways people stand up for themselves. It was really frustrating to know that Smith was being framed as I watched the movie. It is scary to know that there are people like Taylor trying to corrupt and control our government. We need people like Smith to fight for what's right and use constitutional evidence to support his claim. I liked how Smith wanted to get right into proposing bills and other things. He took his seat in senate seriously and really wanted to help the people of his state.

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I definitely like watching a video of them being interviewed rather than listening to just an audio, but I can handle the audio just fine. I liked how the women became allies because they have the same views on women equality. I do think that listening to the audio clip helped me really listen to what they had to say and understand it more.

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One thing that really grinds my gears about the government is that they are passing acts, such as the medicare and whatever else there is. I don't agree with most of this and most of what Obama stands for. I think that everyone should have to WORK for what they get in life. No one should be given anything, I understand if people go through tragedy's and try to raise money to get back on their feet, or go to shelters and what not, but I DO NOT think they should be in public housing and on medicare and food cards and everything because people take them for granted and abuse them.

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I don't necessarily believe that government is good nor bad. I think it has good intentions. The government was created to bring equality, justice, and freedom to our country. Unfortunately, our government has been corrupt for decades so even when there are people truly trying to make the better decision for everyone, it gets overridden or corrupt in some way. It is so difficult to make a decision that everyone will agree on, it's impossible actually. However, lately, I think we haven't had the best leaders and the country is not used to it's prime potential. I think the idea of government is good, but it is not used correctly the majority of the time. My expectations of government is to keep peace, to keep the best interest of the hard working people of the country in mind, and promote the most fair, equal decisions possible. My expectations of this class are to understand the government and it's decisions more, understand the Constitution more and just learn whatever else Mrs. Bilyeu will teach me!