These findings come
amid
former
Attorney
General
Jeff
Sessions’s
forced resignation, which
has left the future of
special
counsel
Robert
Mueller’s
investigation
into Russian involvement
in
the
2016
election
unclear. Trump has since
appointed
Matthew
Whitaker
as
acting
attorney general.
According
to
the
study, 35 percent of the
respondents
identified
as
Republicans
or
independents
who
lean
Republican,
43
percent as Democrats or
independents who lean
Democratic and 17 percent
as independents with no
partisan lean.
The
survey
found
candidates
who
favor
political
control
over
independent
investigations
instead
of neutrality were 5.3
percentage
points
less
likely to win the support of
Democratic voters, nearly
four
percentage
points
less likely for Republicans,
and
8.1
percentage
points less likely among
independents.
This specific finding
stood in contrast to the
others of the study, in
which there were sharp
partisan
divides
when
it came to tax policy,
discrimination
and
affirmative
action
and
voting rights.
Nyhan
said
he
was
surprised by the bipartisan
support of independent
investigations.
“I thought the stream
of attacks by the Trump
administration
on
the
Mueller investigation and
on
unfavorable
rulings
by judges would produce
a wider partisan divide,”
Nyhan wrote in an email
CIT Y LIGHTS
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: HOLIDAY CREATES ‘GHOST TOWN’
John James, the 2018 U.S.
Senate candidate for the state of
Michigan, is being considered
by President Donald Trump to
replace Nikki Haley, ambassador
to the United Nations, according
to recent reports.
James, a Republican who
served as president of James
Group International, a firm based
in Detroit, lost the November
midterm election for one of
Michigan’s U.S. Senate seats
to incumbent Democrat Sen.
Debbie Stabenow. James ran as
a “conservative outsider who
supports the Trump agenda,”
making issues like border security
and governmental deregulation
central to his platform. While
James was ahead of Stabenow for
much of the evening, once votes
were counted from metropolitan
Detroit,
Stabenow
defeated
James with 52.2 percent of the
state’s votes, compared to James’s
45.8 percent. This was Stabenow’s
weakest showing in the polls
since her election in 2000, when
she first took office in the Senate.
During the election season,
many
state
and
national
Republicans
promoted
James
as a rising star in the party. Both
Trump and Vice President Mike
Pence headlined rallies for James.
Trump endorsed James during
the Republican primary cycle and
invited James to the White House
in September.
According
to
Bloomberg,
James visited the White House
last week to talk “about an
administration post with Trump,
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
and Vice President Mike Pence,”
adding he is being considered
to take the position of U.N.
ambassador.
Current ambassador Haley
served as governor of South
Carolina from 2011 to 2017
and
was
appointed
to
be
U.N.
ambassador
following
Trump’s election in 2016. It was
announced in early October that
Haley will resign at the end of the
year. According to the Bloomberg
report, Trump is also considering
the U.S. ambassadors to France,
Germany and Canada to take over
the position.
LSA sophomore Dylan Berger,
president of the University of
Michigan’s chapter of College
Republicans, stated he supports
any possibility of James serving
as U.N. ambassador.
“I’m ecstatic because John
James is one of the most incredible
public servants that we have in
our nation at this point … In the
beginning (of the Senate race) they
gave him zero shot whatsoever
against Debbie Stabenow and he
ended up getting 46 percent of
the vote and that’s because of who
he is,” Berger said. “I can’t think
of anyone that would represent
our nation better at the United
Nations than John James would
and I enthusiastically support
his nomination to the United
Nations. I hope that the president
makes that decision.”
Public Policy junior Katie Kelly,
who serves as communications
director
of
the
University’s
chapter of College Democrats,
expressed concern over James’s
qualifications to serve in a
position within foreign relations.
“John James does not hold the
proper experience required to be
an effective UN Ambassador,”
Kelly wrote in an email interview.
“With no prior experience with
international politics or as an
ambassador, James is clearly
unqualified
to
handle
the
intricacies of foreign relations.
We
need
qualified
people
representing our country on the
international level. We hope the
Trump administration will think
carefully about who they put into
this position and that they are
qualified to speak on behalf of the
United States.”
November 28, 1988
Although
about
900,000
people gathered on the streets
of
downtown
Detroit
45
minutes
away
to
celebrate
Thanksgiving with a parade,
Ann Arbor was a lonely town.
“I can’t wait to get out of here
— who would be staying?” said
Amy Keen, an LSA sophomore
on her way home to Tennessee.
Yet there are a few students
who stay behind. And for
them, Thanksgiving break is
not spent eating turkey with
their families and watching
parades. For Marcus Lien, an
LSA junior from Pittsburg, who
stayed “because of the money
and because I had to study,”
the atmosphere around was a
pleasant one. “It was really nice.
I like it better without people,
the school is really peaceful.”
Guo Tao, a graduate student
in Electrical Engineering who
stayed for the duration said,
“most of the time I am working
or at school — the four day
break gives me lots of free
time to do my dissertation.”
For most local businesses, the
days of Thanksgiving are too
slow to stay open. “The place
looks like ghost town,” said
Stucci’s manager Chris Fisher,
who closed all his ice cream
parlours
for
Thanksgiving.
“As far as the University area
is concerned, all businesses
are closed,” he said. The only
restaurant
opened
around
the University was The Great
Wall. “Thanksgiving is not a
Chinese Holiday and besides
we open all year,” said manager
Chu Monner. “We think some
people do not go home because
they have no place to go so
they could eat here.” Monner
reported that business was not
as good as usual, but it was
better Thursday than Friday.
Many don’t realize that some
students stay behind. “I never
thought about people who do
not go,” said Daren Stabinski
an LSA sophomore who left
last Friday for Florida. “I
could never really imagine, it
seems like a time when you
should go home or have your
family here,” said Kathleen
Klonowski a LSA sophomore
from Saginaw who went home
but came back early to prepare
for exams she has this week.
Yet Klonowski realizes that not
everyone, including her brother
from California, can afford
to go home for Thanksgiving.
“We really miss him but it is
impossible for him to come —
we call him and try to keep the
tie. He would be home pretty
soon too.” Lien also held this as
a consolation. “I’m going home
in three weeks and with the
tuition increase I can’t afford
to go home (more) often.” Last
evening the “ghost town” came
back to life. The parking lots
were full and the streets came
alive once again. Computer
centers filled yesterday with
people on waiting lists trying to
do their papers for today.
2A — Wednesday, November 28, 2018
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