Ron Paul’s Campaign Problem
The need for an official response from Paul to the recent racism allegations.
On the Newsstand:Presidential Elections
Fixing Congress: Buddy Roemer’s $100 Plan
Campaign finance reform is back in the news. For the first time since the January 2010 ruling of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court is revisiting campaign finance in its evaluation of the constitutionality of the 1998 Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Act, which “provides subsidies to candidates for state offices who agree to take no business, union or ... Read More
Humza Bokhari on What if the Next President Doesn’t Know History?
Major GOP candidates such as Mike Huckabee seem to be a bit fuzzy on details of American history. Humza Bokhari writes in a post for the Havard Political Review, “that this is cause for concern. He asserts that “if you’re the President of the United States, who needs to know how to avoid fighting the wrong wars, how to revitalize ... Read More
Harvard Talks Politics: March 26, 2011
Harvard Talks Politics is your guide to the best online political content Harvard has to offer.
Will We Ever Be Ready for President Mark Warner?
That’s right. That’s Mark Warner, junior Democratic Senator from Virginia, who won an astonishing 65% of the vote in 2008 (besting Obama by 12 percent), after a highly acclaimed term of Governor from 2002-2006. That’s the same Mark Warner who was rumored to be considering a Presidential run in 2008, a favorite among the establishment elite for his mixture of ... Read More
Comeback to the Future
A proposal for rejuvenating the Republican Party American conservatism is in disarray. Democrats won decisively in the 2006 midterm and 2008 presidential elections. Once reliably conservative constituencies like married couples and regular churchgoers are shrinking in size, and young voters voted overwhelmingly Democratic. Conservatism is out of power and out of steam. With both the White House and Capitol Hill ... Read More
