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Morris P. Fiorina is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Wendt Family Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. His current research focuses on elections and public opinion with particular attention to the quality of representation: how well the positions of elected...
Fight Club
While the political parties duke it out over divisive social issues, the majority of Americans remain steadfastly in the middle. . . .
Key Primaries a Barometer of Voters’ Frustration
In state after state, as campaigns ramp up for this year's congressional elections, voter anger threatens to capsize the careers of lawmakers previously considered untouchable...
Brown poised for massive upset
Polls across the board show Republican Scott Brown about to take the Massachusetts Senate seat that has been in the Kennedy clan since JFK. . . .
Deteriorating relationships?
The average American citizen, contrary to myth, is neither very angry, nor very far to the left or the right, nor inclined to treat anyone with different opinions as a mortal enemy...
Rowdy protesters overrun health care meetings
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent her chamber home for the summer recess with a list of talking points to respond to constituents' questions about pending health care legislation...
Stuck in the Middle With You
Even as abortion, the environment and immigration -- some of the perennials in politics -- are being used by interest groups to raise the decibel level and galvanize the left and the right, some of the presidential candidates are playing to the middle...
Stanford professor debunks political polarization in Tempe campus lecture
The notions of a politically discordant and ideologically polarized American public that dominate American news media outlets are flawed and unfounded, a visiting political science professor said Thursday in a Tempe campus lecture. . . .
Nasty rhetoric could backfire on bill's foes
The verbal nastiness that has shadowed the health care reform debate peaked as the bill rumbled to a finish, with opponents shouting racial epithets and spitting at members of the Congressional Black Caucus while yelling anti-gay slurs at Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. . . .
Has Partisanship Really Gotten So Bad On Hill? Yes
Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh says his stunning decision not to seek a third term was prompted by the partisanship that has gripped the nation's capital, stunting progress on the country's most pressing issues. . . .
Both Parties Abandon Women’s Rights
When health-care reform passed the House by just two votes late Saturday night, I assumed Speaker Nancy Pelosi had several more votes in her pocket from Blue Dogs who would be there if she needed them. . . .
Failing to Make a ‘Main Street’ Connection
Congressional leaders quickly recognized that enacting an expensive plan to steady the financial industry shortly before an election depended upon convincing voters it was needed to save the economy rather than bail out Wall Street high-fliers...
Congressional Elections in the Post WWII Era Continuity and Change
Beating the Odds
With the slow economy and a slew of corporate scandals making headlines, the Democrats should have swept last fall’s midterm elections. What happened? An analysis by Hoover fellows David W. Brady and Morris P. Fiorina.
Former Secretary of State Rice endorses Fiorina in GOP Senate race
Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has endorsed former Hewlett-Packard chief Carly Fiorina in the Republican Senate primary, Fiorina’s campaign will announce today. . . .
Carly Fiorina cultivates tough but vulnerable image
Now [Carly Fiorina] is engaged in what may be her biggest challenge yet - a combative California Republican primary race for U.S. Senate...
Fiorina 'seriously considering' challenging Sen. Barbara Boxer
In the strongest signal yet of her political ambitions, Carly Fiorina said Tuesday that she is "seriously considering" challenging U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer in next year's California Senate race...
Policy Seminar with Josh Rauh
On April 8, 2020, Josh D. Rauh presented on “The Fiscal Policy Response to the Coronavirus and What We've Learned” at a virtual meeting of the Hoover Working Group on Economic Policy.
New U.S. Senate endorsements
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday endorsed former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. . . .
Hoover podcast explores the disconnect between political science and political reporting
The Washington Post's Jon Cohen, the Hoover Institution's Mo Fiorina, and Roll Call's Mort Kondracke discuss what the media misunderstands about US politics, the truth about political polarization, and how members of the two major parties increasingly inhabit totally different worlds. Click here to read Fiorina's piece on the disconnect between political science and political reporting in a special election edition of The Forum.
GOP Senate race grows heated over Israel
Fiorina and DeVore question Campbell's level of commitment to the U.S. ally. Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz calls Campbell's support for the nation 'unwavering.' . . .

