Thomas E. Mann

2009

Should Democrats Worry About President Obama’s Declining Approval Ratings?September 04, 2009

Whose Stimulus: President Obama’s or the Democratic Congress’?August 07, 2009

Prospects for Immigration Reform in the New Political ClimateJuly 18, 2009

Preserving Our Institutions: The Continuity of the PresidencyJuly 02, 2009

From Campaigning to Governing: Politics and Policymaking in the New Obama AdministrationApril 21, 2009

Truth and Reconciliation: Sidestepping the FilibusterApril 20, 2009

Earmark ReformMarch 16, 2009

Put Earmarks in PerspectiveMarch 06, 2009

New President's Economic Plan Faces Numerous Congressional HurdlesJanuary 08, 2009

Assessing the 110th Congress, Anticipating the 111th January 08, 2009

2008

The 2008 Presidential and Congressional ElectionsNovember 05, 2008

The Waning Days of the 2008 Presidential ElectionOctober 20, 2008

Vital Statistics on Congress 2008September 01, 2008

What's Next For Campaign Finance?July 24, 2008

The Myth of a Toss-up ElectionJuly 19, 2008

Money in the 2008 ElectionsJuly 01, 2008

Is It Possible to Fix Government? - A NewTalk discussionJune 17, 2008

The Importance of Election 2008June 13, 2008

The End Game in the Democratic Presidential Nominating ContestMay 29, 2008

A Review of Proposed Voluntary Voting System GuidelinesMay 20, 2008

Congressional Corruption: Reforming the Broken BranchApril 16, 2008

A Collapse of the Campaign Finance Regime? April 16, 2008

Michigan and Florida Recount ControversyMarch 20, 2008

Delegates of Steel: Why Superdelegates Should Be Welcomed, Not FearedFebruary 15, 2008

One Year Later: Is Congress Still the Broken Branch?January 22, 2008

Could Congress Be Waking Up? January 19, 2008

The Iowa CaucusesJanuary 04, 2008

2007

Federal Budget Battles December 11, 2007

Is the Broken Branch on the Mend? An Early Report on the 110th CongressSeptember 04, 2007

A New, Improved Congress?August 26, 2007

Campaign Finance: Is Unregulated Spending the Most Effective Way to Ensure Citizens Have the Power to Speak to Their Government? July 13, 2007

Campaign Finance Reform: Are There Smarter Ways to Fix the System?July 12, 2007

Campaign Finance: Matching Candidates' ScratchJuly 12, 2007

Does the Supreme Court's Recent Wisconsin Right to Life Decision Signal the End of All Campaign Finance Reform Laws?July 10, 2007

Campaign Finance ReloadedJuly 09, 2007

Suppressing Political Speech?July 09, 2007

Is Congress on the Mend?April 28, 2007

An Independent Entity for the House Ethics Process?April 19, 2007

Repealing the Limitation on Party Expenditures on Behalf of Candidates in General ElectionsApril 18, 2007

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: Success or Failure?April 10, 2007

Iraq Deadline and the Democratic CongressMarch 23, 2007

The Hill is Alive With the Sound of HearingsMarch 21, 2007

Electronic Filing of Senate Campaign Finance ReportsMarch 14, 2007

The Senate Approach to Lobbying ReformMarch 01, 2007

2006

Steps to Repair the ""Broken Branch""December 01, 2006

New Senate Leaders Prepare for Next TermNovember 14, 2006

An Online Discussion of the 2006 Congressional Midterm ElectionsNovember 01, 2006

When Congress Checks OutNovember 01, 2006

Restoring Order: Practical Solutions to Congressional DysfunctionNovember 01, 2006

Congress Approval Rating Slides to Lowest Point in 14 YearsOctober 18, 2006

Congress as 'The Broken Branch'October 11, 2006

Our Pathetic Congress: Little Has Been Done in the Final Days of CongressSeptember 27, 2006

Outlook: Bright Prospects for the Democrats in November Midterm Elections?July 17, 2006

November Midterm Elections: For Democrats, Wave Is BuildingJuly 16, 2006

The Broken Branch: Problems Plaguing Our Legislative BranchJuly 14, 2006

The Threat of Bush's Signing StatementsJuly 07, 2006

How to Think About the November 2006 Congressional ElectionsJuly 01, 2006

The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on TrackJune 27, 2006

Lobbying Reform: Accountability through TransparencyMarch 02, 2006

Lobby ReformJanuary 23, 2006

Implications of the Abramoff Scandal: What Should Congress Do Now?January 20, 2006

Lobbying Reform: If You Give a Congressman a CookieJanuary 19, 2006

2005

Texas Congressional RedistrictingDecember 16, 2005

U.S. Immigration PolicyNovember 28, 2005

Party Lines: Competition, Partisanship, and Congressional RedistrictingNovember 15, 2005

For Election Reform, a Heartening DefeatNovember 11, 2005

Harriet Miers NominationOctober 10, 2005

The New Campaign Finance SourcebookOctober 01, 2005

Redistricting ReformJune 01, 2005

The Senate Judicial CompromiseMay 24, 2005

Reining in a Runaway Federal Judiciary?May 04, 2005

DeLay Will Go; Damage Could RemainApril 27, 2005

The Schiavo CaseMarch 23, 2005

Game On: How Democrats Should Respond to Bush's Campaign to Reform Social SecurityMarch 18, 2005

Why the President's Speech Is ImportantFebruary 02, 2005

2004

Congress: No SurrenderNovember 07, 2004

Congressional RacesOctober 27, 2004

Third Presidential Debate AnalysisOctober 14, 2004

Second Presidential Debate AnalysisOctober 11, 2004

The 2004 Presidential DebatesSeptember 27, 2004

Campaigning and Governing: The 2004 Elections and Their AftermathSeptember 13, 2004

Despite Predictions, BCRA Has Not Been a Democratic 'Suicide Bill'July 26, 2004

Presidential Candidates: Where Do They Stand?July 26, 2004

Historical PresentJune 24, 2004

In the Wake of BCRA: An Early Report on Campaign Finance in the 2004 ElectionsJune 15, 2004

Reagan, Bush, and the 2004 ElectionJune 09, 2004

Flap Over 527s Aside, McCain-Feingold Is Working as PlannedMay 20, 2004

Super Tuesday Wrap UpMarch 03, 2004

Separating Myth From Reality in McConnell v. FECMarch 01, 2004

So Far, So Good on Campaign Finance ReformMarch 01, 2004

The Wisconsin PrimaryFebruary 18, 2004

Bush's Boldness Has Cost AmericaJanuary 05, 2004

2003

The Continuity of Congress: Special Elections in Extraordinary CircumstancesSeptember 24, 2003

Court Faces Stark Choice on McCain-FeingoldSeptember 16, 2003

The Battle Over Campaign Finance: Prospects for the New Reform LawSeptember 01, 2003

Polling & Public Opinion: The good, the bad, and the uglyJune 01, 2003

No Merit in Brennan Center Smear CampaignMay 22, 2003

A New Permanent Standing Committee on Homeland Security?May 19, 2003

A District Court Panel Rules on Campaign Finance: What Does the Decision Mean?May 05, 2003

Preserving Our Institutions: The First Report of the Continuity of Government CommissionMay 01, 2003

War in Iraq: Bush's PoliciesApril 18, 2003

Inside the Campaign Finance Battle: Court Testimony on the New ReformsApril 09, 2003

Estrada Caught In 'Poisonous' War Based on IdeologyMarch 05, 2003

2002

Brookings Scholar Examines Dynamics of Congress's Relationship with President BushDecember 11, 2002

The Flow of Money in Federal ElectionsDecember 01, 2002

Political Parties Now Facing 'Tough Love'November 10, 2002

The 2002 U.S. Midterm ElectionsNovember 04, 2002

What Bush Can Learn From TrumanOctober 06, 2002

Governance for a New Century: Japanese Challenges, American ExperienceAugust 01, 2002

Myths and Realities About the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002May 07, 2002

Campaign Finance Reform OutlookApril 02, 2002

Applaud the Campaign Bill as a First StepMarch 25, 2002

Campaign Finance Critics Pushing Myths - Not RealityMarch 07, 2002

Election Reform: Six Principles Could Bridge DifferencesFebruary 18, 2002

With Victory So Close, Reformers Must Avoid Pitfalls in Final DaysFebruary 11, 2002

The President's BudgetFebruary 05, 2002

2001

I $ New YorkDecember 17, 2001

Why a Presidential Dead Heat in 2000?: A Considered OpinionDecember 01, 2001

For a Bipartisan War PresidentNovember 29, 2001

Senate Speculation: a Discussion of the Future of the U.S. Senate Seat from North CarolinaAugust 22, 2001

Memo to Karen Hughes and Karl RoveAugust 21, 2001

The Bush Administration Hopes To Bolster Sagging Ratings By Waging A Permanent CampaignJuly 17, 2001

An Agenda for Election ReformJune 01, 2001

Will Campaign Reform Hurt Political Parties?March 26, 2001

Taxes: Most Pay with PrideMarch 01, 2001

Look at Bush's Actions, Not His WordsJanuary 25, 2001

Reflections on the 2000 U.S. Presidential ElectionJanuary 01, 2001

2000

Gore's Dignity - and Rightful DisagreementDecember 14, 2000

Governance in America 2000: An OverviewDecember 01, 2000

After the Campaign, What?: Governance Questions for the 2000 ElectionDecember 01, 2000

Gore Owes It to the Nation to Fight OnNovember 28, 2000

The New Shape of the 2000 U.S. Presidential ElectionAugust 24, 2000

Party Platforms Provide Glimpse Into FutureAugust 15, 2000

Bush and Lieberman: Two Pols in an Ideological Pod?August 10, 2000

Convention 2000 The Republicans: Party Platforms Do Help Define CampaignJuly 31, 2000

'Going Negative' Can Be Good for PoliticsJune 29, 2000

Reading Polls Too Much Too SoonMay 30, 2000

Can't Congressional Republicans Give It a Rest?April 27, 2000

Biennial Budgeting: A Tool for Improving Government Fiscal Management and OversightMarch 16, 2000

1999

Campaign Finance Reform and the 2000 Presidential CampaignDecember 16, 1999

Citizens to the RescueDecember 01, 1999

It Wasn't $$ That Undercut DoleOctober 22, 1999

End This Fiasco NowJanuary 06, 1999

1998

Deregulating Campaign Finance: Solution or Chimera?December 01, 1998

Voters Say It's Not the Scandal, StupidNovember 05, 1998

The 105th: It Could've Been a ContenderOctober 18, 1998

Gulf Separates Public, The BeltwayAugust 20, 1998

Not a Danger to Free SpeechJuly 14, 1998

Learning What Works: Evaluating Complex Social InterventionsMarch 01, 1998

Political Communication in the Information Society: The Findings of a German-American WorkshopMarch 01, 1998

1997

Stop the Independent Counsel FightDecember 19, 1997

Campaign Finance Reform: A SourcebookOctober 13, 1997

Funding is Poisoning Our ElectionsJuly 29, 1997

On Revising the Rules of the Committee on Standards of Official ConductJune 20, 1997

Campaign Finance Reform: Dead on Arrival?March 01, 1997

Limiting Terms of Office for Members of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of RepresentativesJanuary 22, 1997

1996

Credibility for a Collapsed SystemDecember 16, 1996

Character Isn't Enough for DoleOctober 30, 1996

Forecasting the Presidential Election: What can we learn from the models?September 01, 1996

Biennial Budgeting Act of 1995July 24, 1996

Institutional Reform ProposalsJuly 24, 1996

Campaign Finance ReformMarch 27, 1996

1995

Intensive Care: How Congress Shapes Health PolicySeptember 01, 1995

1994

Congress, the Press, and the PublicSeptember 16, 1994

1993

Values and Public PolicyDecember 17, 1993

Renewing Congress: A Second ReportJune 21, 1993

1992

Renewing Congress: A First ReportNovember 19, 1992

Media Polls in American PoliticsSeptember 22, 1992

1990

A Question of Balance: The President, The Congress and Foreign PolicyFebruary 20, 1990