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A “Failure to Communicate” and the Attacks on Palin

This past week, one of the greatest film actors of our times passed away. I am not sure that any other actor appeared in as many great films as Paul Newman. In thinking about what has been happening in this year’s election, one of the most memorable ...

From JAMES E. CAMPBELL, Britannica Blog,  7 Oct 2008

The Presidential Candidates Issues Quiz

Voters have a choice this year between two presidential candidates with very different perspectives on public policies. In most elections, we learn about the candidates’ positions through their public speeches and statements in debates, but there is ...

From JAMES E. CAMPBELL, Britannica Blog,  8 Jul 2008

The Super Delegate Dilemma: The Electoral Vote Perspective

We are just about 19 weeks into one of the wildest nomination seasons in several generations and things just keep getting wilder. Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party, who has all of the advantages of the inevitability ...

From JAMES E. CAMPBELL, Britannica Blog,  16 May 2008

Is 2008 a “Done Deal” for the Democrats? Not Necessarily …

Even die-hard Republicans have to admit that conditions surrounding the 2008 presidential election look very good for the Democrats. A number of these conditions, sometimes referred to as “the fundamentals,” are routinely used in quantitative ...

From JAMES E. CAMPBELL, Britannica Blog,  29 Apr 2008

The “Let’s Give Obama a New Middle Name” Contest

The president’s middle name is commonly used: JFK, LBJ, FDR, W, William Jefferson Clinton, etc. At the very least, it is going to be oddly awkward to avoid using Obama’s middle name. It certainly won’t help to bring the country together and will be ...

From JAMES E. CAMPBELL, Britannica Blog,  3 Mar 2008

McCain’s Imprudent Apology: A Big Mistake

I’ve defended John McCain as a conservative, albeit one with more frequent moderate deviations than I and most conservatives would like. My defense is partly based on the fact that his record is, in fact, substantially conservative, but also because ...

From JAMES E. CAMPBELL, Britannica Blog,  28 Feb 2008

John McCain Is a Conservative–Deal With It!

With Mitt Romney now out of the race, John McCain has effectively secured the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. The value of that nomination depends on how well McCain can reunite a badly split party. A number of high profile, disgruntled ...

From JAMES E. CAMPBELL, Britannica Blog,  8 Feb 2008

Why So Hard on McCain, So Easy on Romney?

This nomination season has been full of surprises. For me, speaking as a conservative political scientist, one of the biggest surprises is how my fellow conservatives, especially those in the talk radio business, have reacted to Senator John McCain and ...

From JAMES E. CAMPBELL, Britannica Blog,  4 Feb 2008

The Arrest of Sidney Blumenthal, Advisor to Hillary: Yet Another Twist in an Odd Election Year

This nomination campaign is raising more questions than it has answered. After Iowa, New Hampshire, and Michigan, neither party has a candidate with close to half of his or her party’s support. Hillary Clinton leads the Democrats with about 42 percent ...

From JAMES E. CAMPBELL, Britannica Blog,  17 Jan 2008

Who is the Most Electable Democrat? The Case for Hillary

With the parties both highly polarized and highly competitive, the candidate’s electability is the only thing that voters and caucus goers should consider in deciding which candidate to support.  In my last blog, I concluded that Fred Thompson was ...

From JAMES E. CAMPBELL, Britannica Blog,  2 Jan 2008

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