| Skill |
Cost |
Description |
| Agricultural Policy | 5 | Skill in the formation, analysis, and building of successful agricultural policy. |
| Campaigning | 5 | Ability to connect with voters, effectively communicate election ideas, and manipulate the press. |
| Constitutional Law | 5 | Skill in the application and dynamics of constitutional law |
| Debate | 5 | To engage in a formal discussion or argument. |
| Delegation | 5 | Understanding when, and more importantly when NOT to delegate |
| Educational Policy | 5 | Having the skill to create, run, and assess effective educational policy. Understanding of current trends in the educational field. |
| Energy Policy | 5 | Skill in the crafting, development and deployment of effective and effiecient energy policy. |
| Fundraising | 5 | The ability to successfully raise money to campaign. This is an important skill for politicians. |
| Homeland Security | 5 | Understanding and acting in the right way, at the right time, with the right resources to protect the homeland. This skill is very closely tied to analyze intelligence. |
| Justice Policy | 5 | Skill in formation, analysis, and deployment of judicial mechanisms, processes, and enforcements. |
| Military Policy | 5 | Skill in the formation and analysis of military policy. This includes setting broad strategic goals, and making changes within the military. |
| Monetary policy | 5 | The understanding and skill in the correct application and dynamics of monetary policy. How it works, how it doesnt work, and the balance of it all. |
| Negotiation | 5 | The transaction of business between nations; the mutual intercourse of governments by diplomatic agents, in making treaties, composing difference, etc |
| Oratory | 5 | The art and science of public speaking |
| Parlimentary Procedure | 5 | This skill measures ability in the nuances of Roberts Rules of Order, and house rules. High skill in this area would enable a character to move, slow down, or sometimes stop legislation in a legislature. |
| Policy analysis | 5 | Measuring and understanding the efficacy of various policies. Also understanding how they dont work. |
| Public Policy | 5 | Skill in the research, analysis, and deployments of health and human services policy. This skill also includes housing and urban development |
| Systems Organization | 5 | Skill in the building, analysis and successful running of large, complex and interdependant organizations. |
| Telegenic | 5 | The telegenic skill indicates how well a character appears on television. Ronald Reagan and John F Kennedy had very high telegenic skills. Richard Nixon and John Ashcroft didn't (don't). |
| Transportation Policy | 5 | Skill in the design, implementation, and analysis of transportation and transportation policy. Also knowledge in current issues and trends in the transportation field. |