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This semester’s class of fellows at the Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics, and Public Policy will focus on issues ranging from new media in Zimbabwe to the economic impact of climate change policy, the center announced Monday. The fellowship program was founded along with the Shorenstein Center in 1986. During their time at the center, fellows complete research projects and spend time interacting with Kennedy School students and faculty. After writing a cover story for Time Magazine about Al Gore and his work on climate change, Eric A. Pooley began working on a book about the politics...
...from energy policy (she one-ups the man above her on the ticket, calling not only for offshore drilling but also new exploration in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge) to creationism (she’s a believer), has made traditional conservative constituencies rejoice while Democrats froth at the mouth. Focus on the Family leader James C. Dobson applauded the choice as “outstanding,” while Palin’s fiery speech at the convention prompted a rash of donations to the Obama campaign that totaled close to $10 million in the 24 hours that followed...
...Spotlighting Governor Sarah Palin as the convention’s focus was a directional error. Naturally, one would expect that the convention—or much of the Republican campaign for that matter—would emphasize McCain’s comparative advantage over Obama. Indeed, this comparison has many valid discussion points; differences in tax and foreign policy, for example, continue to define the political debate. Ironically, though, Republicans used the convention mainly to introduce and display their vice presidential candidate, Governor Palin, thus comparing her against the focus of the Democratic National Convention, Senator Barack Obama...
...Aligning the Republican vice presidential candidate against the Democratic presidential candidate is an illogical strategy in more ways than one. Placing Governor Palin on this pedestal pushes Senator McCain out of the picture. Republicans would have benefited to focus less on the inexperienced Palin and more on the experienced McCain. Palin’s vice presidential resume consists of a brief tenure in the city council and then as mayor of Wasilla, a small Alaskan city, after which she was governor of Alaska for only two years. She has no significant national experience, unlike the other candidates on the Democratic...
...party platform. The DNC was fairly successful in this way; after it was over and McCain announced his running-mate, Obama led McCain by about seven percentage points in an average of five national polls. The RNC’s repercussions may be different. The convention’s focus on Palin left a lasting impression on Americans. After Palin’s speech Wednesday night at the convention, Obama’s campaign made $10 million—a one-day fundraising record. Coincidence or not? I leave the comparison...