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The page below lists a sample of recent commentary by political scientists in the news media. 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 ( David Schultz ( Ross Baker ( Jackie Vieceli ( 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 |