Experts in the News-January 2006

Stephen Hess (The Brookings Institution) predicts that the upcoming State of the Union address will not be a historic one...[read the article]-January 31

John Kenneth White (Catholic University) argues that the upcoming midterm election will be a harbinger...[read the article]-January 30

Gary Jacobson (University of California - San Diego) on President Bush being more politically divisive than President Reagan...[read the article]-January 29

Sarah Binder (George Washington University) does not believe the 2006 congressional elections to be on the mind of the president (in terms of the upcoming speech)...[read the article]-January 28

Menachem Klein (Bar-Ilan University) claims that Israel will work in a unilateralist fashion if Hamas does not renounce its old ways of terrorism. Klein also suggests that Hamas may collapse from international pressure and lack of funding if it does not renounce its ways...[read the article]-January 27

Larry Sabato (University of Virginia) acknowledges that despite surveys and evidence, the American people make a big change when they feel one is needed. The Democrats receiving a strong rebound is not an impossibility...[read the article]-January 26

Hisao Iwajima (Seigakuin - Tokyo) insists that the U.S. must value Japan as friend -- a claim made evident by recent formal apologies by the U.S...[read the article]-January 25

Richard Eichenberg (Tufts University) observes that President Bush has reached equilibrium in the polls -- his approval rating is hanging at 43%...[read the article]-January 24

Larry Sabato (University of Virginia) states that the Democrats Party is viewed as the weaker party when it comes to national security issues...[read the article]-January 23

Larry Sabato (University of Virginia) claims that "Republicans are no longer feeling their oats" and are unlikely to push any radical reforms...[read the article]-January 22

Susan MacManus (University of South Florida) argues that the lack of public resistance to the NSA program will give Republicans an opportunity to use the issue against Democrats...[read the article]-January 21

Thomas E. Mann (Brookings Institution) is featured in an article that inquires into the implications of the Abramoff scandal. Mann is a former executive director of the APSA...[read the article]-January 19

Trey Hood (University of Georgia) suggests that Reid, the GOP candidate for lieutenant governor of Georgia, is a polarizing figure and believes his ties to Abramoff will be significant...[read the article]-January 18

Mark Tessler (University of Michigan - Ann Arbor) surveys Iraq and finds that the major ethnoreligious communities strongly support democracy...[read the article]-January 17

Cal Jillson (Southern Methodist University - Dallas) discusses the latest bipartisan approach Bush has taken regarding Iraq...[read the article]-January 16

Bob Stein (Rice University) comments on the latest polls regarding DeLay and his upcoming election...[read the article]-January 15

Reuven Hazan (Hebrew University -- Jerusalem) stresses the importance of Israel pressing forward after Sharon's stroke...[read the article]-January 14

Cal Jillson (Southern Methodist University) on the significance of an ad campaign focusing on Congressman Delay's legal troubles...[read the article]-January 10

Sheldon Goldman (University of Massachusetts - Amherst) claims that the Bush administration is pulling out all of the stops for the confirmation of Alito...[read the article]-January 9

Larry Sabato (University of Virginia) argues that President Bush is not taking advantage of the economy in terms of approval rating...[read the article]-January 7

Gregory Gause III (University of Vermont) contends that terrorist attacks are more likely to occur in "free" societies...[read the article]-January 6

Yaron Ezrahi (Hebrew University - Jerusalem) warns that the Kadima party in Israel was supported by voters only because of Ariel Sharon. Voters may now simply return to their old political homes with Sharon's recent health problems...[read the article]-January 5

G. Terry Madonna (Franklin and Marshall College -- Lancaster) states that "in surrogate fashion" Democrats are going after President Bush...[read the article]-January 4

Paul Light (New York University) predicts that the news regarding Abramoff will crown out any news of the new "Bush agenda"...[read the article]-January 3

Cal Jillson (Southern Methodist University) claims that the last gasp of the old order in Congress was taken in 2002 and the a new order won't take its first gasp until 2010...[read the article]-January 2

Bryan Jones (University of Washington) asserts that President Bush would have a more successful presidency if he developed a spirit of bipartisanship and compromised more often...[read the article]-January 1