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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
2012 In Perspective: Obama, Ryan, and the Youth Vote
When Paul Ryan mounts the podium on Wednesday to deliver his acceptance speech, he will give conservatives not just the ideological edge they have been longing for, but also an image of youth.
Trump And Sanders: Who's The Real 'Outsider'?
Outsiders have seldom been the real thing. Donald Trump has bragged about using government influence to get rich. Sanders’s policies would concentrate more power and resources in the nation’s capital.
What Next For The Left?
A strange period has now passed into history. Captivated by a presidential campaign in 2008, Americans by the millions came to believe that a new leader would be able to produce more than a transformed society and an era of world peace. Politics could be extended beyond its ordinary boundaries and bring about a spiritual renewal.
Anger Management
Anger is all the rage these days in American politics. A recent New York Times column bore the headline “The Year of the Angry Voter," while an earlier Washington Post story read "It's Not Just Trump: Voter Anger Fuels Outsider Candidates."
Behind The Rise Of Trump, Long-Standing Grievances Among Left-Out Voters
At the core of Donald Trump’s political success this year are the grievances of a sizable and now vocal block of disaffected voters, many of them white and working-class, and a Republican Party that has sought and benefited from their support while giving them almost nothing tangible in return.
Will Terre Haute Pick America’s Next President As It Nearly Always Does?
Is Terre Haute the Middletown of the famous 1930s’ American sociological studies conducted on Muncie, Indiana by Robert Staughton Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd?
Do Party Platforms Still Matter?
Despite their waning influence over the years, the process leading up to the 2016 national conventions has underscored intra-party conflicts.
Opinion: How Donald Trump Profited From The Power Of Presidential Primaries
Following the U.K.’s “Brexit” vote to leave the European Union, former U.S. Treasury Secretary and Harvard University President Emeritus Larry Summers had harsh words about the accuracy of political science.
The 269-To-269 Nightmare Scenario: What Would Happen Next If Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump Tie In The Electoral College
Unless circumstances change yet again, the country appears headed toward a close presidential election outcome.
A Lack Of Ideas Has Consequences
Something has gone missing from American politics. Since the beginning of the new administration in January, public debate focused on general ideas has largely disappeared.
Eleven Nine
Americans awoke on the morning of 11/9 to a different political world. There is only one word to explain what happened, and it is called democracy.
Angry Americans Disrupt Town- Hall Healthcare Talks
At scattered events across the United States, protesters are confronting members of Congress whose summer "town hall" meetings aim to get a sense of how Americans feel about overhauling healthcare...
Conservatives create new 'ideas factory'
A former Republican National Committee chairman and a prominent GOP pollster are leading a new organization that will promote conservative principles and try to counter the Democratic controlled White House and Congress on economic and national security matters...
Hear a pre-debate lecture on Tuesday
A media expert and author of several books on presidential politics will give the St. Ambrose University’s Sixth Annual Folwell Lecture in Political Science and Pre-Law Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. in the ballroom of the Rogalski Center on the SAU campus...
My Goodness, Your Badness
Social science has confirmed what political observers have been telling us for months: There is a clamor in America to dampen the spirit of intense partisanship that prevails in Washington...
The 2010 Verdict
The Roots of Obama Worship
Barack Obama has now been center stage for two years—one as a presidential candidate (and president elect) and one as president. . . .
A War President and His Party
Will Democrats be able to keep from criticizing Obama on Afghanistan? . . .
New for GOP: Resurgent Republic
Ed Gillespie, the former GOP chairman and counselor to President George W. Bush, and top pollster Whit Ayres on Tuesday are launching Resurgent Republic, a group aimed at shaping the debate as the party regenerates itself for the upcoming elections...
I’m OK—You’re a Selfish, Partisan Hypocrite
A Hoover/ Economist survey of political attitudes finds voters in no mood for postpartisan lovey-dovey. By James W. Ceaser.