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Barack Obama: “Campaigner-In-Chief” (Part 2)

Thomas Gaudett - November 7, 2010

My last post for this blog was an analysis of Obama on the campaign trail and the work that he was doing to ensure...

California: Not Just A Bunch of Crazy Lefties

Michael Lai - November 7, 2010

November 2nd, 2010. Election Day. It was a day that Democrats across the country drank away their sorrows as they suffered massive losses in...

Poll at Your Peril

Sam Barr - November 6, 2010

This column first appeared in the Harvard Independent. In the weeks before Election Day, we were besieged by polling data, breathlessly conveyed as breaking...

Another Contract Debacle

Evan Kendall - November 6, 2010

One thing is clear, the Pentagon isn't reading this blog. Last week I wrote about the ills of contract spending in Afghanistan. This week...

Of Synagogue And State

Joshua Lipson - November 6, 2010

Religious plurality comes in many shapes and sizes. Take the case of Israel, often dismissed by foreign observers as simply ‘the Jewish state’. The...

Judges as Candidates: The Good, the Bad, and the Political

Caroline Cox - November 4, 2010

Impartiality and the judiciary are frequently considered synonymous. Even outside of the U.S., the Supreme Court, judges on state supreme courts and other higher-level...

The Power of an Endorsement

Andrew Seo - November 4, 2010

President Lula da Silva may have endorsed his chief of staff, Dilma Rousseff, to be the next president of Brazil, but is she qualified?

Are there any ladies in the house tonight? Or Washington for that matter.

Tyler Cusick - November 4, 2010

"‘Yes, a woman can!’ she said from a hotel stage in Brasília. ‘Equal opportunity for men and women is an essential principal of democracy,’...

Midterms: Fun Fact!

Jeremy Patashnik - November 3, 2010

Sorry to spoil the midterms for anyone who has TiVoed them and will be watching later, but the 112th U.S. Congress will consist of...

Weighing In: Cameras in the High Court

Medha Gargeya - November 1, 2010

In her recent post, Caroline argued that televising oral arguments of the Court would fix the public’s ignorance about the Supreme Court and the...