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As Supreme Court Hears Landmark Campaign Finance Case, Public Funding Solution is Missing

Bob Kerrey | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Public Funding, Campaign Finance Reform, Congress, Political Science, Federal Election Commission, Free Speech, Fec, First Amendment, US Senate, Fair Elections Now Act, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Bob Kerrey

When campaign finance legislation levels up rather than limits down political speech, the result is more candidates from diverse backgrounds competing for support. Call it the ''more speech'' solution.

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Obama 101

Nancy Snow | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama 101, First 100 Days, Credibility, Joe Biden, Vice President Joe Biden, Day 15, Composure, Persuauder-in-Chief, Think Tanks, Political Science, College, Syracuse University, Law School, Barack Obama, Politics News
Nancy Snow

President Obama, like Oprah, has enormous powers of persuasion. He, like Ms. Winfrey, enjoys a position of high credibility. Credibility is in the eyes of the beholder.

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Why I Don't Like Economists

Peter Schwartz | Posted 12.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Debt, Warren Buffett, Economics, Political Science, Economy, Financial Crisis, Harvard, Gre, Trading, Business News
Peter Schwartz

They're all great guys, smart and amusing and passionate about their work. So what's not to like about economists? In a word, hubris. Economists fly too close to the sun of science.

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Lieberman Nailed It

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voter Choice, John McCain, George Bishop, Political Science, George W. Bush, Joe Lieberman, Nicolle Wallace, Democratic Party, Republican Convention, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Nicolle Devenish, Fear and Courage in the Democratic Party, Annenberg School, Lieberman Convention, Joe Lieberman RNC Convention, Joe Lieberman Speech, Lieberman McCain, Joe Lieberman and John McCain, Politics News
Glenn Hurowitz

Republicans know something Democrats don't: voters don't vote on the issues, so you might as well do what you believe and portray yourself as a strong leader - and try and actually translate your values into law.

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Exclusive Interview: An M.I.T. And A Yale Professors' Cure For The Electoral College

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Winner Take All, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Elector, Electoral Vote, Statistics, Mit, Chance, Proportional, Arnold Barnett, Democrat, Mathematics, Battleground State, Election, Barack Obama, Interview, Yale, Elections, Politics, Political Theory, 50-State Strategy, Weighted Vote System, National Popular Vote, Chance Magazine, Vote, American Statistical Association, Political Science, Electoral College, Constitutional Amendment, Edward Kaplan, Popular Vote, Wvs, Politics News
Chris Weigant

I had the chance recently to interview two professors in the field of statistics (from Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology),...

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What Do Blog Readers Look Like? (Henry Farrell, Eric Lawrence and John Sides)

Henry Farrell | Posted 07.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Blogs, Research, Political Science, Internet, Huffington Post, Business News
Henry Farrell

There's a lot of talk among journalists and political commentators about how blogs are changing politics, but not much hard evidence. We've just posted an academic paper which presents evidence on who reads which blogs.

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