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Soledad Loaeza (El Colegio de Mexico) appreciates that Mexicans recognize Saturday's presidential election as important and "want to participate" in an election that is crucial to all of Latin America...[read article] - June 30

Larry Gerston (San Jose State University) observes symbolism to be an essential element to Governor Schwartzenegger's order to increase spending on the corrections system, for "at least [Schwarzenegger is] showing people he's making a down payment on this problem"...[read article] ­ - June 27

Michael Coppedge (University of Notre Dame) suggests Mexico's political democracy lean towards "polyarchy", in which "citizens can express their political opinions freely, and can organize and join parties and other organizations without fear of government retaliation"...[read article] - June 26

Ronald Schmidt (University of Southern Maine) sees the debate over the "taxpayer bill of rights" as the ballot question that is going "to shape the direction of the [Maine] governor's race"...[read article] - June 25

Gary M. Segura (University of Washington) describes the June issue of the "Perspectives on Politics," a journal of the APSA, as a research symposium discussing "the fight... over who is an American, and what constitutes 'American-ness,' is and has been an ongoing one for virtually the entire history of the United States...[read article] - June 23

Christopher Dunn (Memorial University) does not regard the resignation of Canadian minister Ed Bryne jeopardizing to current Premier Danny Williams, "of all the premiers in the country, the one with the largest amount of political capital is this one,"...[read article] - June 22

Kathleen Bruhn (Stanford University) speculates win for Mexican presidential nominee Felipe Calderon because his supporters are "the type of voters that turn out...the better-educated, better off financially"...[read article] - June 21

Christine Rosen (Ethics and Public Policy Center) is wary of the internet to accelerate political democracy, as it becomes a place for "the explosive rant on the issue of the moment and "opinion produced by a Google search" rather than "reflective discussion" and "opinion formulated by sustained research"...[read article] - June 20

Terry Madonna (Franklin & Marshall College) accepts that U.S. veterans lack experience in fundraising, campaigning, and politics and "by no means does [being a combat veteran] guarantee success" in U.S. politics...[read article] - June 19

Bob Beatty (Washburn University) contends that Kansas attorney general Phil Kline "is playing the game successful national politicians do - in which being responsive to voters and getting credit for it is vital"...[read article] - June 18

Gerald Benjamin (SUNY -- New Paltz) notes that "the end of session rush tradition is here" and thinks that the New York State legislatures will push legislation through to have a "successful session"...[read article] - June 17

Eric Davis (Middlebury College) views Congressional hopeful Rich Tarrant's stance, to support Vermont farmers, as his way "to show that he [Tarrant] is not going to be a down the line supporter of the Republican leadership in Congress"...[read article] - June 15

Bill Moore (College of Charleston) reviews the glum outcome of Gov. Sanford's primary election results and concludes that "a huge percentage [of Republicans] are saying they are unhappy with his performance"...[read article] - June 14

Christian Grose (Vanderbilt University) an analyst of Southern Politics sees South Carolina Democratic candidate Rep. John M. Spratt Jr.  "unlike most Democrats running who would like to nationalize the midterm election, Spratt will want to localize it"...[read article]  - June 13

Scott Huffmon (Winthrop University) describes South Carolina Republican Gov. Mark Sanford's run for a second term against Oscar Lovelace, "effective at continuing to campaign as if [Lovelace] doesn't exist"...[read article] - June 12

Jess Brown (Athens State University) notes the magnitude of Roy Moore's defeat in Tuesday's primary and suggests that Moore "could possibly make a comeback in Alabama politics if he sought a lesser office"...[read article] - June 10

David Damore (University of Nevada - Las Vegas) identifies the rise of the internet's liberal bloggers as a "means for bringing geographically isolated people together"...[read article] - June 9

Craig Wilson (Montana State University - Billings) calls the U.S. senate race "a 15-round, bare knuckles political contest...the gloves are off already"...[read article] - June 8

Kenneth Mayer (University of Wisconsin -- Madison) named to Fulbright professorship at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra...[read article]-- June 7

Irwin L. Morris (University of Maryland) writes on the effects of the state lottery on social inequality in May's issue of the Policy Studies Journal...[read article] -- June 6

Alan Cairns (University of British Columbia) praises Canada's 15^th Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as the modern father of Confederation and creator of "Charter Canadians"...[read article] -- June 4

James Q. Wilson (Pepperdine University) is honored with the University of Chicago Alumni medal, which recognizes exceptional achievement spanning his entire career. It is the highest honor bestowed by the Alumni Association...[read article] -- June 2

Antonia Maioni (McGill University) and Janice Gross Stein (Munk Centre for International Studies) are two renowned scholars to lecture on the ails of Canada as part of CIBC's Scholar-in-Residence program...[read article]- June 1