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Kenneth L. Manning (University of Massachusetts) acknowledges that Supreme Court nominee Alito largely sides against immigrants and people facing the death penalty...[read the article]-December 31

Joel Aberbach (University of California - Los Angeles) admits that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a lot to overcome due to his support for the failed special election...[read the article]-December 29

Hisham Ahmed (Birzeit University) on the significance of the absence of Arafat to the Palestinian national movement...[read the article]-December 27

Steven Wayne (Georgetown University) recommends that President Bush reach out to Democrats in lieu of popular support...[read the article]-December 26

Bruce Cain (University of California - Washington D.C. Center) anticipates that the Bush-ordered eavesdropping by the National Security Agency will be an increasingly bipartisan issue...[read the article]-December 24

Frank Boyd (Illinois Wesleyan University) offers his thoughts on the Bolivian election and  how to better promote relations between Latin America and the United States...[read the article]-December 23

Steve Mazurana (University of Northern Colorado) warns that immigration is "pitting" Anglos against Hispanics...[read the article]-December 22

Larry Sabato (University of Virginia) on the political significance of Iraq in upcoming American elections...[read the article]-December 21

Bruce Buchanan (University of Texas) observes an President Bush's "indignation" as he is constantly questioned about domestic spying...[read the article]-December 20

John von Heyking (University of Lethbridge) analyzes the implications of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's comments concerning the Holocaust...[read the article]--December 19

Shmuel Sandler (Bar-Ilan University - Israel) predicts a drastic change is Israeli politics if Sharon's health continues to fail...[read the article]-December 19

Allan Saxe (University of Texas -- Arlington) discusses whether or not Republican scandals will have a role in Texas elections...[read the article]-December 18

Condoleezza Rice (Secretary of State) references her background as a historian and a political scientist and identifies what she believes are her greatest accomplishments...[read the article]-December 17

Larry Sabato (University of Virginia) comments on "dirty tricks" becoming unacceptable in politics...[read the article]-December 16

Tim Groseclose (University of California -- Los Angeles) examines the implication of the voting behavior of members of the press...[read the article]-December 15

Thomas Mann (Brookings Institution) emphasizes the importance of the election in Iraq; however, Mann believes that the importance of the election depends on revises to the constitution and whether or not they address Sunni concerns...[read the article]-December 14

Paul Light (New York University) predicts that Vice President Cheney will be isolated after the departure of his chief of staff...[read the article]-December 13

Michael DeGolyer (Hong Kong Baptist University) on the intergovernmental power dispute in China between the central and provincial governments as illustrated by a December 6 riot...[read the article]-December 12

John Mueller (Ohio State University) calculates Bush's chances of changing public support in Iraq...[read the article]-December 11

Robert Packer (University of Michigan) on the significance of the Dec. 15 election in Iraq...[read the article]-December 10

Gary Jacobson (University of California - San Diego) discusses the implications of President Bush's improved approval rating...[read the article]-December 9

John Green (University of Akron) suggests that the religious right's position is weakening in American politics...[read the article]-December 8

Nancy Kassop (State University of New York-New Paltz) identifies the War Powers Resolution as exceedingly permissive...[read the article]-December 7

Dominic Tierney (Swarthmore College) advises Hillary Clinton to play the Iraq War issue carefully--all Democrats need to do is "just look competent" for the 2008 Presidential election...[read the article]-December 6

Joseph Cheng (City University of Hong Kong) comments on the recent protest in Hong Kong involving 250,000 demonstrators...[read the article]-December 5

Philip Yang (National Taiwan University) claims that President Chen Shui-bian is becoming a lame-duck after a recent scandal involving the DPP party...[read the article]-December 4

Peter Feaver (Duke University) is a new voice of the administration and Scott Shane of the New York Times claims his influence is apparent in Bush's new "Victory" speech...[read the article]-December 3

Anthony Townes (University of Texas -- Knoxville) on the increase of defense-based lobbying post-September 11th...[read the article]-December 2

Merle Black (Emory University) relates President Bush's insistence on policy in Iraq to Truman's stance on the Korean War...[read the article]-December 1