Team Blog
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Assistant Professor, Miller Center, University of Virginia, and US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor in American Politics, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Modern History, Monash University
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Professor in U.S. Politics and U.S. Foreign Relations at the United States Studies Centre and in the Discipline of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, American University School of Public Affairs
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With all eyes on the ever-tightening presidential race, state and local races have begun to fade into the background. But a handful of congressional contests will determine the fate of an important faction…
There are some important topics that are likely to be ignored in the series of three presidential debates this month, but that do deserve attention: American drone attacks: “Democrats spent several days…
Romney won the first presidential debate (on a 12-round boxing score card I scored it 115 to 105). He did so, in part, because he was so good, in part, because Obama was so poor. Most incumbents perform…
Mitt Romney has a percentage problem. And it’s not the 47%. Well, it’s not only the 47%. Responding to those now-infamous fundraiser comments, Romney trotted out another percent that reveals much more…
Arizona sits in the southwestern corner of the United States. It is a desert region interspersed with mountain pine forests and impressive geological features such as, well, you know. Other than outlying…
Analysis during campaign season centres on two things: what candidates say and how they’re performing in polls. We pay far less attention to the nuts-and-bolts of local organising. Yet the ground game…
The 2008 presidential election was freighted with a sense of history. On the Democratic side, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton faced off to be the first: the first black candidate or the first woman candidate…
There are many ways to follow these elections, but none more fun than reading Guy Rundle’s gonzo dispatches. I have been fascinated by the attacks on Romney’s time as CEO of Bain Capital. Successful entrepreneurs…
Recently I watched a HBO movie called Game Change. It tells the story of the decision by the McCain campaign in 2008 to nominate Sarah Palin as vice president. A decision taken on the fly, with almost…
Last month, it seemed that justice would never be served for the acts of torture allegedly committed during the George W. Bush presidency. Despite Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign promise to “immediately review…