Month: March 2012

March 23, 2012              John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in an MSN story on Republicans rallying around a cause, http://news.ph.msn.com/lifestyle/article.aspx?cp-documentid=6023053 ; and a WWNO-FM story on campaign spending, http://www.wwno.org/post/romney-superpac-outspend-rivals-combined .

David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Toledo Blade story on GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and the Ohio Art Co., which produces the Etch A Sketch. Text is available at http://www.toledoblade.com/business/2012/03/23/Etch-A-Sketch-flap-cheers-area-firm.html.

March 22, 2012              David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Toledo Blade story on President Barack Obama’s Ohio State visit. Text is available at http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2012/03/22/Obama-Ohio-State-University-visit-to-tout-energy-plan.html.

March 21, 2012              John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed for an NPR story on the GOP presidential primary. Text and audio are available at http://www.npr.org/2012/03/21/149039615/romney-superpac-outspend-rivals-combined . Dr. Green also was a guest on Ray Horner’s WAKR-AM morning show today, and spoke about the GOP presidential primary. This interview is not available online.

March 20, 2012              John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, was a guest on Ray Horner’s WAKR-AM morning show today, and spoke about the GOP presidential primary. This interview is not available online.

March 19, 2012              John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Minneapolis Star-Tribune story on Mitt Romney, http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/142999025.html ; and a Religion News story on a record number of evangelicals voting in the GOP primaries, http://www.religionnews.com/politics/election/evangelicals-a-record-50-percent-of-gop-primary-voters.

March 16, 2012              John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in articles on the GOP presidential primary available from the National Catholic Register, http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/why-does-santorum-appeal-more-to-evangelicals-than-catholics/ ; and the AFP via Bay Ledger News, http://www.blnz.com/news/2012/03/15/Would_Santorum_hand_Obama_second_96b1.html.

March 15, 2012              John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in articles on Mitt Romney in the Montreal Gazette, http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Romney+winning+delegate+losing+grassroots+battle/6304564/story.html ; and National Post, http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/14/mitt-romney-enthusiasm/.

March 14, 2012              John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Steel.org story on theshale boom, http://www.steel.org/en/sitecore/content/Global/Document%20Types/News/2012/Ohio%20Looks%20to%20Do%20It%20Right%20as%20Shale%20Boom%20Revives%20Steel.aspx ; and a Wall Street Journal story on Mitt Romney’s faith, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303717304577279881009044286.html?mod=googlenews_wsj.

March 13, 2012              John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Chillicothe Gazette story on the Tea Party. Text is available at http://www.chillicothegazette.com/article/20120313/NEWS01/203130304/Tea-party-not-noisy-still-hopes-heard.

March 12, 2012              John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Yahoo News article about his co-authored study of how Ohio’s diverse regions behave during elections. Text is available at http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/road-trip-driving-ohio-71-search-super-tuesday-201545369.html . Dr. Green also was interviewed for a WYSO/NPR (Yellow Springs, Ohio) story on Super Tuesday’s aftermath available at http://www.wyso.org/post/politicsohio-ohios-nail-biter-primary-ensures-race-still . Related items are available from The Columbus Dispatch at http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2012/03/11/1-republicans-seem-to-be-shooting-themselves-in-both-feet.html and http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2012/03/11/1-gop-is-betting-romney-will-have-wide-appeal-in-november.html .

David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Huffington Post report on Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel’s Senate campaign kickoff and March 1 Akron Press Club presentation available at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/josh-mandel-senate-ohio-democratic-trackers_n_1334848.html.

March 9, 2012                 John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in an Associated Press article on Mitt Romney’s struggle with evangelical voters. The story appeared in media across the country and can be viewed at http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view/20120308mitt_romney_heads_south_into_evangelical_states/

  David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is noted in a Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group piece about a Texas-based super PAC that claims to be taking nonpartisan aim at congressional incumbents. Text is available at http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2012/anti-incumbent-super-pac-disrupts-race-ohio-has-ties-election-no/.

March 8, 2012                John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, notes that Mitt Romney’s Ohio Super Tuesday victory solidifies his status as the Republican front-runner. Text is available from the San Francisco Chronicle, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/03/06/bloomberg_articlesM0HNV00D9L3501-M0I4Z.DTL#ixzz1oUa6PzNd and Bloomberg BusinessWeek, http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-03-06/romney-wins-virginia-as-gingrich-takes-georgia-to-keep-his-candidacy-alive. Dr. Green also is quoted in a Boston Globe article about Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s Catholicism. Text is available at http://bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2012/03/08/mitt-romney-outdoes-rick-santorum-among-catholic-voters/DX2LcUCjIH10LWxInLOArK/story.html.

David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a U.S. News & World Report article about Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s primary race victory for the newly redrawn ninth District. Text is available at http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/03/07/kucinichs-star-factor-not-enough-in-ohio . Dr. Cohen also was interviewed for a WKSU 89.7 segment “Kucinich, Schmidt Among Incumbents to Lose” available at http://www.wksu.org/news/feature/election2012/31017 and for Wisconsin Public Radio (“The Joy Cardin Show”) on Super Tuesday results. This interview is not available electronically.

March 7, 2012                John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in Super Tuesday articles in the New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/us/politics/super-tuesday-ohio-battle-unsettled.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all ; Toledo Blade, http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2012/03/07/Mitt-Romeny-takes-Ohio-in-GOP-race.html ; Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/03/07/romney-snags-ohio.html ; San Francisco Chronicle, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/03/06/bloomberg_articlesM0HNV00D9L3501-M0I4Z.DTL ;WXIA-TV, http://www.11alive.com/news/article/231464/12/SUPER-TUESDAY–Will-Romney-seal-the-deal ; Bloomberg, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-05/santorum-says-romney-trying-to-buy-republican-nomination-can-t-be-trusted.html ; KPCC-FM, http://www.scpr.org/programs/madeleine-brand/2012/03/06/25481/gop-candidates-battle-over-evangelical-voters ; Appleton Post-Crescent, http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20120306/APC010402/303070027/Photo-galleries-videos-story-Stakes-high-Super-Tuesday?odyssey=nav%7Chead ; Hispanic Business, http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2012/3/6/slow_start_for_super_tuesday.htm ; and BusinessWeek, http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-03-06/romney-wins-virginia-as-gingrich-takes-georgia-to-keep-his-candidacy-alive .

David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in Super Tuesday articles from NPR, http://www.nhpr.org/post/republican-challengers-pile-ohio-house-race; and Ohio Public Radio, http://beta.wosu.org/news/2012/02/28/redistricting-shifts-importance-to-primaries/ . Dr. Cohen also was a guest on Ray Horner’s WAKR-AM morning show today and WHBC-1890. These interviews are not available online.

March 6, 2012                John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in Super Tuesday articles available from the Akron Beacon Journal, http://www.ohio.com/news/local/slow-start-for-super-tuesday-1.268727 ; USA Today, http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-03-05/super-tuesday-republicans/53374902/1 ; Arizona Republic, http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-news/2012/03/05/big-day-super-tuesday-races-arrive-in-republican-contest/ ; and Bloomberg, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-05/santorum-says-romney-trying-to-buy-republican-nomination-can-t-be-trusted.html . Dr. Green was a guest on Ray Horner’s WAKR-AM morning show today, but this interview is not available electronically.

David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in an NPR story on Super Tuesday that is available at http://www.npr.org/2012/03/05/147992064/super-tuesday-also-hosts-congressional-primaries . Dr. Cohen was a guest on Ray Horner’s WAKR-AM morning show today, but this interview is not available electronically.

March 5, 2012                John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in an Akron Beacon Journal story on Super Tuesday, http://www.ohio.com/news/local/gop-candidates-blanket-ohio-ahead-of-super-tuesday-1.268212 ; a Detroit News story on the GOP presidential primary, http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120305/POLITICS01/203050337/Ohio-key-test-GOP-hopefuls?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE ; a Bloomberg story on governors losing their sway in elections, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-05/kasich-on-the-sidelines-in-ohio-as-governors-lose-sway-in-primary-contests.html ; a Marion Star story on the Tea Party, http://www.marionstar.com/article/20120305/NEWS01/203050310 ; and a Kansas City Star story on religion and politics, http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/04/3469025/in-us-politics-religion-still.html .

David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences is quoted in an NPR story on Rick Santorum. Text and audio are available at http://www.npr.org/2012/03/02/147830363/santorum-faces-steep-challenge-in-ohio . Dr. Cohen also wrote a column for Politico that is available at http://www.politico.com/arena/perm/David_B__Cohen_2FDACC8F-3392-424C-A587-5516490F2D0F.html.

March 2, 2012                 John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Cincinnati Enquirer story on a campaign to put an issue on the ballot that would overturn a gay marriage ban in Ohio’s constitution. Text is available at http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120301/NEWS010801/303010220/Battle-over-same-sex-marriage-may-return?odyssey=nav%7Chead .

David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in an Akron Beacon Journal story on Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel’s Akron Press Club talk. Text is available at http://www.ohio.com/news/local/state-treasurer-announces-he-s-running-for-u-s-senate-1.268002 . Additional coverage of the talk, which was held at UA’s Martin University Center, is available from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2012/03/after_months_of_campaigning_jo.html ; and WKSU-FM, http://www.wksu.org/news/story/30969.

March 1, 2012                John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in an NPR story on Rick Santorum, http://www.wbur.org/npr/147649007/is-santorum-missing-jfks-point-on-religion ; and a WKSU-FM story on the Michigan GOP presidential primary, http://www.wksu.org/news/story/30957.

David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in GOP presidential primary articles in La Croix, a French newspaper, http://www.la-croix.com/Semaine-en-images/Romney-reprend-les-commandes-de-la-course-a-l-investiture-republicaine-_NG_-2012-02-29-773347 ; and NPR, http://www.npr.org/2012/02/29/147669423/romney-still-unable-to-drive-away-opponents . Dr. Cohen also was a guest on Ray Horner’s WAKR-AM morning show today, and talked about Super Tuesday. This interview is not available online.

February 29, 2012          David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Boston Globe story on Super Tuesday. Text is available at http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2012/02/29/super_tuesday_knockout_punch_appears_unlikely/.

February 28, 2012          John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Christian Science Monitor story on Rick Santorum. Text is available via the Alaska Dispatch at http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/rick-santorum-quotes-jfk-religion-was-it-gaffe-or-good-politics?page=full.

February 27, 2012          John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in Michigan Radio and IrishCentral articles on Catholics favoring a Mormon candidate, http://www.michiganradio.org/post/why-michigan-catholics-favor-mormon-candidate and http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Michigan-Catholics-prefer-Mormon-Mitt-Romney-to-Catholic-Rick-Santorum-140545573.html ; a Cleveland Plain Dealer story on Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as “Joe the Plumber” running for office, http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2012/02/joe_the_plumber_gaining_tracti.html ; an Associated Press story on the GOP presidential primary, http://www.svherald.com/associatedpress/251108 ; a Charlotte Observer on Rick Santorum’s rigid conservatism, http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/02/26/3045061/rigid-social-conservatism-may.html ; a Dayton Daily News story on the importance of congressional races, http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/politics/congressional-races-remain-important-1334788.html ; a Springfield News-Sun story on the differences that define GOP presidential candidates, http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/modest-differences-define-gop-rivals-1334461.html ; and Edmonton Examiner story on faith and U.S. presidential hopefuls http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3482424.

Stephen Brooks, Bliss Institute associate director and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a StateImpact Ohio (NPR)story on GOP presidential hopefuls’ views on education. Text is available at http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2012/02/27/your-guide-to-the-gop-presidential-hopefuls-views-on-education/.

David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Toledo Blade story on the GOP presidential primary in Michigan. Text is available at http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2012/02/26/Candidates-intensify-battle-in-Michigan.html.