Political Science

Pinar Yildirim of the Wharton School says that the White House’s new direct social media response to conservative politicians is unusual and more effective at capturing attention, though its informality might lead to future debate.

Daniel Garrett of the Wharton School says that Texas’s top five lenders left the municipal bond market because they refused to support the manufacture of AR-15-style weapons, estimating that their departure has cost Texan taxpayers an extra 300- to $500 million in interest.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that Rick Reed’s “Swift Boat” campaign attracted wide media attention and damaged John Kerry’s perception as a strong leader during the 2004 presidential election.

In an op-ed, Ben Jealous of the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Arts & Sciences writes that redistricting is robbing Black candidates and voters of representation in state and federal legislatures.

Shelley Welton of Penn Carey Law and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy says that blaming renewables is a distraction, a way to forestall a transition that is underway but needs to be moving faster.

Shelley Welton of Penn Carey Law and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy says that continued reliance on fossil fuels will create a worsening cycle of threats to the electricity grid.

A referenced documentary features Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and her thoughts on the failed Presidential campaign of Michael Dukakis.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the CDC fostered a culture of arrogance, overestimating their ability to get things right.