January 27, 2012 Political consultants Jerry Austin and Mark Weaver, who are the Bliss Institute’s 2012 Distinguished Chairs of Applied Politics, spoke about the political landscape during an Akron Press Club luncheon Thursday at UA’s Martin University Center. This Akron Beacon Journal story is available at http://www.ohio.com/news/local-news/political-consultants-offer-advice-to-candidates-1.257139.
January 26, 2012 John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is noted in a Canton Repository letter to the editor on civility in politics. Text is available at http://www.cantonrep.com/opinion/letters/x690032281/Democratic-candidate-for-House-should-focus-on-civility-issues . Dr. Green’s quote from a recent Cleveland Plain Dealer article was picked up by U.S. News & World Report at http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2012/01/25/why-swing-state-republican-governors-will-get-obama-re-elected?google_editors_picks=true.
David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences was a guest on Ray Horner’s WAKR-AM morning show and talked about President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. This interview is not available online.
January 25, 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 Newt Gingrich’s campaign finances. Text is available at http://www.npr.org/2012/01/24/145787791/gingrich-campaign-rides-financial-roller-coaster. Dr. Green also was a guest on Ray Horner’s WAKR-AM morning show yesterday.
January 24, 2012 David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed about the GOP presidential primary on Ray Horner’s WAKR-AM morning show today. This interview is not available online.
Jerry Austin and Mark Weaver, Bliss Institute distinguished chairs of applied politics, will speak at an Akron Press Club luncheon on Thursday at UA’s Martin University Center. This Akron Beacon Journal item is available at http://www.ohio.com/news/local-news/local-news-briefs-jan-23-1.256668.
January 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 a story on Newt Gingrich and the evangelical vote. Text is available at http://www.getreligion.org/2012/01/gingrich-and-the-evangelical-vote/.
David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Cleveland Plain Dealer story on Sen. Sherrod Brown. Text is available at http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2012/01/post_34.html.
Students in UA’s Campaign Battleground class took a field trip to South Carolina to experience the GOP primary first-hand. Coverage is available from the Cleveland Plain Dealer at http://www.cleveland.com/tipoff/index.ssf/2012/01/forced_to_choose_tom_mcdonald.html.