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Youth Voting in Off-Year Elections
11/22/2009 5:20:14 PM
Michael Xenos As many readers no doubt know, there are some fairly high profile gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey set to culminate this week, along with many other elections at various levels around the country of course. (For...
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Are We Entering A New Era?
11/22/2009 5:20:14 PM
By Scott Lemieux In his classic book The Politics Presidents Make, the Yale political scientist Stephen Skowronek argues that the basic structure of American politics can be broken down into a remarkably small number of eras: The Jeffersonian (1800-1828), the...
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I'll Bring Home the Bacon. Fry it Up in a Pan.
11/22/2009 5:20:14 PM
When I was in college, I signed up for an internship to work in the office of the Mayor of Binghamton, New York. My job was to answer mail from the constituency who complained about potholes in the streets or...
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Partisanship and Media
11/22/2009 5:20:14 PM
Michael Xenos Recently there has been a fair amount of buzz surrounding White House comments about Fox News, including statements about whether it is a “real” news network and the extent to which administration officials would treat it as such....
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Making Sense of Public Opinion on Health Care Reform
11/22/2009 5:20:14 PM
Michael Xenos While there are many issues facing the government right now, health care reform is undoubtedly an item near the top of the policy agenda. As Scott’s recent post points out, major reform efforts such as those surrounding health...
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Madison and Health Care
11/22/2009 5:20:14 PM
By Scott Lemieux One of our fellow political scientists over at The Monkey Cage discusses Thomas Friedman's diagnosis of why the American political system seems unable to address major problems (most notably global warming.) He identifies five potential reasons: “the...
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Hecklers From the Back Benches
11/22/2009 5:20:14 PM
Two days ago, President Obama gave a speech on health care reform. At one point in the speech, he said that there were many misconceptions about his plan out there. He said that there would be no "death panels" for...
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