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Policy Leadership and the Blame Trap: Seven Strategies for Avoiding Policy Stalemate

March 29, 2013, R. Kent Weaver

Beppe Grillo: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution for Italy’s Democratic Party?

March 4, 2013, Ruth H. Santini

Italy’s Post-Election Chaos Isn’t What You Think

March 1, 2013, Carlo Bastasin

The Rise of Anti-Politics

February 24, 2013, Carlo Bastasin

Costs of a Fixation: After Benghazi

January 24, 2013, Paul R. Pillar

The 2012 Election: What Happened, What Changed, What it Means

January 4, 2013, William A. Galston

Drafting the Constitution: Defining Post-Revolutionary Egypt

November 14, 2012

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First Step in Ending D.C. Dysfunction

November 9, 2012, Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein

It's pretty clear that at the last minute, a lot of women made a decision that Obama really understood what their economic concerns were. Yes, they want control over their own body...but decisions over health care can limit their ability to control economics as well.

November 9, 2012, Elisabeth Jacobs, CBS News

On Election Day, A New American Mainstream

November 8, 2012, William H. Frey

Results of the 2012 Elections: A Live Web Chat with Thomas Mann

November 7, 2012

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I think [Mitt] Romney was done in by the fact that he could not get far enough to the center credibly enough. He had to go too far right in the primaries. And the reason for that is you have some fierce constituencies in the Republican Party that do not want the party to change.

November 7, 2012, Jonathan Rauch, Voice of America

Rated on energy, charm, and political smarts, Michelle Obama is the most important and successful first lady in a presidential campaign since 'Lady Bird' Johnson in 1964.

November 7, 2012, Stephen Hess, The Washington Examiner

[Obama had a] decisive Electoral College win of at least 303 votes and more than half the popular vote with a 2.5 million margin, while the Republicans lost three Senate seats...It points to an exacerbation of partisan voting and no new coalition building.

November 7, 2012, Thomas E. Mann, Government Executive

Communications Lessons from the 2012 Presidential Election

November 6, 2012, Darrell M. West

Republicans: In Victory or Defeat

November 6, 2012, John Hudak

Previewing the Presidential Campaigns before Election Day

November 5, 2012

Women and the Economy: Key Election Issues

November 5, 2012, Elisabeth Jacobs

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What Polling Really Tells Us

November 5, 2012, John Hudak

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Obama Versus Romney: The Cost of Higher Education

November 5, 2012, Beth Akers

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Campaign Platforms: What the Candidates Failed to Address

November 5, 2012, Philip A. Wallach

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Top Five Ads for Romney

November 1, 2012, Darrell M. West

Top Five Ads for Obama

November 1, 2012, Darrell M. West

The Morning After: What a Narrow Win Would Mean for Obama’s Second Term

November 1, 2012, William A. Galston

What Romney & Obama Learned from Campaigns Past

October 30, 2012, Darrell M. West