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Experts in the News-February 2006
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Experts in the News-February 2006 Political Scientists in the News

The page below lists a sample of recent commentary by political scientists in the news media.

Ross K. Baker (Rutgers University) on the public satisfaction involved when things go drastically wrong for someone "high and mighty" (referring to the Cheney hunting accident) ...[read the article]-February 26

Fred Greenstein (Princeton University) observes that Bush's handling of the port deal is very unlike his administration - this is particularly odd because he has a vice-president who spent over 10 years on Capitol Hill...[read the article]-February 24

Robert Hogan (Louisiana State University) identifies Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu as a front-runner for mayor of New Orleans...[read the article]-February 22

John Geer (University of Nashville)
claims that Democrats have yet to speak with a single voice due to their lack of a leader--this trend is not likely to change until the 2008 elections...[read the article]-February 18

Bruce Buchanan (University of Texas)
insists that the Cheney hunting incident revealed much about the vice president's clout inside the White House...[read the article]-February 16

Jack Pitney (Claremont McKenna College) on his inability to predict the political consequence of Cheney's shooting over the weekend...[read the article]-February 15

David Schultz (
Hamline University) will be the radio host Friday, February 17 (5:00-6:00 PM) on Air America Minnesota, 950 AM.  Minnesota Matters is a Monday to Friday drive time show that will include news, political and publican policy discussion, interviews, commentary and listener call-ins and talk.

Ross Baker (
Rutgers University) contends that if Vice President Cheney becomes a political liability that it would cause problems for Republicans with their base...[read the article]-February 14

Jackie Vieceli (
Mankato State University) on the poor timing of published cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad...[read the article]-February 10

John Mueller (Ohio State University)
notes, in an article analyzing terrorism in the United States, that terrorism, in most years, kills as many as allergic reaction to peanuts, deer in the road, and lightening...[read the article]-February 9 

Marc Landy (Boston College) suggests that most children of presidents, such as Jack Carter, develop a thirst for politics as they see the great titillation of politics at an early age...[read the article]-February 7  

Amy B. Zegart (University of California - Los Angeles) counts 668 ad hoc presidential commissions created between 1981 and 2001 which suggests that President Bush is certainly not the first to use commissions as a political tool --Bill Clinton created 149 commissions and Ronald Regan created 338...[read the article]-February 6 

John Green (University of Akron) argues that President Bush does not have a consistent set of conservative principles...[read the article]-February 5 

Yaron Ezrachi (Hebrew University in Jerusalem) suggests that the departure of Sharon from Israel's politics has not weakened his party...[read the article]-February 4 

John Green (University of Akron) observes a lack of religious rhetoric that is typically used to appeal to Evangelical voters in President Bush's State of the Union address...[read the article]-February 2 

Susan Macmanus (University of South Florida) states that America