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When Jeff Smith walks briskly into my classroom, his charisma immediately lights up the room. It’s the same charm that once enlivened many students when Smith was a political science professor at Washington University just a few years ago....
It looks like the incumbent Senatorial candidate form Alaska, Murkowski, has won the election there AS A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE. This is unprecedented, because the whole point of our “democracy” is that you can’t win without the...
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) As Democrats in Congress look to capitalize on high support for stricter financial regulation, many Republicans are now trying to slow debate on several other key issues, including climate and immigration legislation. While...
Watch out, Hawaii! Sue Lowden, the Republican frontrunner for Nevada’s Senate seat, declared that to bring down health care costs, patients should barter with their doctors. She stood by her comments, specifically proposing live chickens as...
Strategy Memo Author: Andrew Ellicot Topic: Extended Summer Effect Discussion The climate debate is over. The implementation of the term Extended Summer Effect has been a huge success. Our initial response dominated coverage in the news, with...
In the wake of the SEC’s recent charges against financial giant Goldman Sachs, president Obama and many congressional Democrats are set to step up efforts to pass new measures regulating Wall Street interactions. On Thursday, Obama will...
Idaho Governor Butch Otter joined 12 other states in suing the federal government after President Obama signed the health care bill into law. The health care bill is headed back to the House for another vote in order to approve the Senate fixes....
With health care reform being the nation's top priority, Climate Change and the Environment have taken a back seat Barack Obama has called health reform his top domestic priority. And though providing health insurance and care to America’s...
Late last night, the House voted to pass the Senate version of the health care reform bill. The final vote required for passage was passed just a few minutes before the deadline, and led to cheers of “Yes We Can” throughout the Democratic...
"Bayh’s retirement may quite well cost the Democrats a Senate seat, assuming current animosity levels remain more or less constant until November." Evan Bayh, a two term Democratic Senator from Indiana, recently announced that he...
