Experts in the News-April 2006

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

Todd Shaw (University of South Carolina) assesses the logical reasons why Hispanics could align with Democrats...[read article] -April 29

Jack Pitney (Claremont McKenna College) targets the Republicans as the ones responsible for the soaring gas prices; "they have unified control of government"... [read article] -April 30

John Green (University of Akron) portrays the media ads for the Ohioan governor's race as "powerful, arresting images" used to convey candidates' messages and sway voters' perceptions...[read article] --April 28

Michael Greig (University of North Texas) perceives Iran's options of striking back on the West harmful, but thinks the United States can impose a "significant amount of economic harm on Iran" as well... [read article] -April 27

John Sides (The George Washington University) views Latino voters as being part of a constituency that is not "content to remain outside of the political arena anymore"... [read article] -April 26

Lorenzo Morris (Howard University) expects the backdrop of racial issues in New Orleans to weigh heavily on the May 20th runoff election for major... [read article] -April 25

Lars Rensman (University of Postdam) blames racial attacks in Germany on the lack of multicultural democracy and Germans' fear of outsiders...[read article] --April 24

Barry R. Weingast (Stanford University) selected for the William H. Riker Prize in Political Science... [read article] -April 21

Dogu Ergil (Ankara University) foresees new tensions in Turkey as "remobilizing the militaristic system and re-transforming Turkey into a national security state when it has been gradually emerging from this into a civilian system."... [read article] -April 20

APSA Task Force holds a symposium entitled "Inequality and American Democracy" and examines the growing threats to the ideal of "equal citizenship" ... [read article] -April 19

Steven B. Smith (Yale University) holds conference to explore questions about the nature of political leadership... [read article] --April 17

Christopher F. Gelpi (Duke University) believes that Gen. Peter Pace's stance, to support Donald Rumsfield, might erode Americans' belief that the military stands apart from politics...[read article] -April 15

Dennis Goldford (Drake University) has his reservations that Bush and Cheney will abandon Rumsfield, even will all the "finger-pointing in the military" ...[read article] -April 14

Richard Cottam (University of Pittsburgh) terms the heightened tensions between the United States and Iran as a "spriral conflict"... [read article] -April 13

Gary Jacobson (University of California -- San Diego) questions Francine Busby's, and the Democrat's, optimism of a congressional seat in a strong Republican district...[read article] -April 12

Samuel P. Huntington (Harvard University) warns that unchecked Latino immigration is bringing with it alien cultural values...[read article] -April 11

Calvin Jillson (Southern Methodist University) questions the difficult position that the Republican Party is in concerning the immigration issue...[read article] -April 11

Carl Luna (San Diego Mesa College) doubts that a Democratic congressional seat win for Francine Bugsby will cause a Republican backlash...[read article] -April 10

Gilbert Kahn (Kean University) states that Delay's decision to abandon his 12^th term as the divisive House leader saddens many right-of-center pro-Israel forces...[read article] -April 6

Bruce Buchanan (University of Texas -- Austin) calls McCain's pitch for the 2008 presidential sweepstakes, a copycat of a "classic move Richard Nixon patented"...[read article] -April 5

Ross Baker (Rutgers University - New Brunswick) on DeLay's decision to "remove himself as the lightning rod," of the Republican majority...[read article] -April 4

Bruce Cain (University of California - Berkeley) believes political campaigns are no longer supported by "mom and pop organizations," politicians want more than two zero figures...[read article] -April 3