J. Ann Selzer, the highly-respected polling director for the Des Moines Register gave a fascinating interview for the Atlantic magazine recently that has implications for the upcoming Iowa caucuses. As regular readers know, perhaps the most significa……Continue Reading The Gingrich Who Stole Iowa?
Month: November 2011
Hillary Clinton: Biden Her Time?
Last August, I wrote a somewhat controversial piece at Salon that laid out a number of reasons why Democrats should favor a primary challenge by Hillary Clinton against President Obama. Last week, Democratic pollsters Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell, com……Continue Reading Hillary Clinton: Biden Her Time?
When “Newt”cessity Becomes the Mother of Invention
As longtime readers know, my goal in writing these posts is to try to use political science, (loosely defined – often it’s more my political intuition) to make sense of political events as they happen. That means that rather than … Continue……Continue Reading When “Newt”cessity Becomes the Mother of Invention
Where Was Obama? Why the Supercommittee Really Failed
Where was the President? That’s the question many pundits are asking in the aftermath of the congressional supercommittee’s highly publicized failure to reach an agreement by today’s deadline to cut $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit. As th……Continue Reading Where Was Obama? Why the Supercommittee Really Failed
Winter Term Workshop Registration
Winter Term Workshop registration starts December 4 @ 8 p.m. You can sign up online and/or at the Box Office – how easy! For workshop listings & more info: go/wtw…Continue Reading Winter Term Workshop Registration
Wednesday links roundup – Nov. 23, 2011
Michael Nielsen calls for scientists to embrace new tools for collaboration that will enable discoveries to happen at the speed of Twitter.
And why the TED-talk above is all wrong.
Essential Criticism
Cole has taken our nostalgic reflection on pop music into new realms. Great post. So I move into this next installment a bit like a warm-up band that showed up late. And my sense of feeling warmed over is connected … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Essential Criticism