APSA Members in the News--March 2007

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APSA Members in the News--March 2007
Media Commentary by Political Scientists

David Woodard (Clemson University) notes that the competition for the South Carolina primaries will be ratcheting up in the month of April. [read article] - March 30

Michael Baranowski (Northern Kentucky University) on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' attempts to avoid of media coverage due to the ongoing controversy over U.S. Attorney firings. [read article] -March 28

Brad Moody (Auburn University Montgomery) and William Stewart (University of Alabama) comment on a statewide poll of Alabama voters. [read article] -March 24

David Rohde (Duke University) and Scott Huffmon (Winthrop University) on Senator John Edwards announcement regarding the return of his wife’s cancer. [read article] -March 23

Steve Schier (Carleton College in Minnesota) cautions the Democrat party to be alert of shifts within the political preferences of Americans. Despite recent trends favoring the Democrats, Shier states the party has yet to establish an agenda solid enough to gain majority. [read article] -March 22

Steven Medvec (Holy Family University), Robin Kolodny (Temple University) and Terry Madonna (Franklin and Marshall College - Lancaster) suggest that the war in Iraq has been a driving factor in the change of both House and Senate and a force which has dropped President Bush's approval rate while transforming the political debate. [read article] -March 18

Michael Young (Penn State) and describes the implications of the state of Pennsylvania moving its primaries to February. [read article] -March 16

Teresa Wright (California State University--Long Beach) is not surprised about Wen Jiabao's announcement that democracy in China is still very far away. [read article] -March 6

Matthew Wilson (Southern Methodist University) comments on the political evolution that Dallas, Texas has gone through due to its increasingly diversified population. [read article] -March 4

Charles Gossett (California State Polytechnic University- Pomona) explains the reasoning for increased support on the issue of same-sex marriage. [read article] -March 6