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Week of March 9, 2012

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.

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