Blog Post #4: Having a Chuck Ton of Fun
David Mayhew has a theory that every action that an elected member of congress makes is in an effort to be reelected to that position. The short version of his theory states that members of congress are single minded seekers of reelection. Mayhew states that there are three types of actions a congressman will take in reelection; position taking, advertising, and credit claiming. Position Taking Possibly the best part of Chuck Grassley is his Twitter. All at once you can get his position on Biden's energy policies and updates on the latest college games (as seen above). Or maybe you want to know his position on Russias invasion in Ukraine but are also just curious of what he's grabbing for a snack at his local DQ (as seen below) Chuck's twitter has provided an incredibly unique style of casual media interactions with Iowa's senator. He has perfected his own style of shortening words and just tweeting out whatever he finds fitting for his page. I truly believe that he ...
