August 5 John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed for a Middletown Journal article about how shifts in population patterns during the past decade have resulted in population gains in Republican-held districts of the Ohio House and Senate, and population losses in districts held by Democrats. This story is available at http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/gop-gains-more-power-from-population-shifts–1223036.html. David Cohen, professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed about congressional staff positions for a Morning Journal article available at http://morningjournal.com/articles/2011/07/31/news/mj4855207.txt?viewmode=fullstory.
August 4 John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a WTSP News (Tampa Bay, Fla.) story about Texas Gov. Rick Perry who is expected to enter the presidential race. This item is available at http://www.wtsp.com/news/national/article/204238/81/Will-Rick-Perry-answer-the-religious-rights-prayers.
August 3 John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Bloomberg story about the debt-ceiling deal’s impact on Ohio. This news is available at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-03/ohio-democrats-debt-deal-rebellion-shows-u-s-spending-split.html. Related news is available from Crain’s Cleveland Business at http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20110803/BLOGS03/110809927.
David Cohen, professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, was a guest on Ray Horner’s WAKR-AM morning show Aug. 2 to discuss the debt-ceiling crisis.
August 1 David Cohen, professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed for a WKSU-FM story about House Speaker John Boehner’s declining political clout. This report is available at http://www.wksu.org/news/story/29006. Continuing coverage of the UA Press-published book, “Buckeye Battleground: Ohio, Campaigns and Elections in the Twenty-First Century,” written by John Green, Daniel Coffey, David Cohen and Stephen Brooks of UA’s Bliss Institute, is available from the Canton Repository http://www.cantonrep.com/opinion/columnists/x1217538428/About-Books-Buckeye-state-has-political-importance-on-Election-Day.