Discuss Political Culture and History of Texas.

Click on the link to read the blog post What textbooks mean when they talk about the governor and the bully pulpit (http://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/what-textbooks-mean-when-they-talk-about-governor-and-bully-pulpit.).Answer the following:The bully pulpit is a powerful tool in the arsenal of informal powers bestowed the Governor of Texas. However, the bully pulpit is not the only tool governors must use in order to achieve their political and policy goals.-Define the term informal power.-List two other informal powers other than the bully pulpit.-What is the difference between a formal and an informal power?Click HERE (http://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/archive/html/leg/features/0800_01/billtolaw.html) to view the diagram. Answer the following:The course materials in the legislative branch module have emphasized how points of order are utilized in the legislative process.- What is a point of order?- Why are points of order important to the legislative process?- Revisit the portion of the Texas Politics Webtext that talks about points of order. List two rules pertaining to amendments that, if violated, may be the basis for raising a point of order.- Identify the phases (boxes) in the diagram of bill flow where an opponent may raise a point of order for an amendment.One of the major aspects of thinking about the judicial branch is the selection of judges via partisan elections. This part of the exercise gives you some first-hand experience with a variety of judicial campaigns by providing several campaign advertisements for viewing.Answer the following:One of Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson’s major objections to the current method of judicial selection in Texas is that voters frequently choose judges based on partisanship rather than candidates’ qualifications.- Why would Justice Jefferson object to this? In other words, what are the potential negative consequences of choosing a judge based on partisanship over their qualifications?- Do you agree with these objections?- What are two qualifications that could be evaluated by voters instead of partisanship?- Which of the videos that you watched best illustrates Justice Jefferson’s objection? Explain your answer.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3nBnPbNja0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOQ08d9bGtwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtPdKjkcZCUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48J1qzHaL0s