American Democracy

Mr. Broder gave the opening keynote address at the first Biennial AU Conference on the State of American Democracy was held at the Kay Spiritual Life Center at American University. In his remarks he focused on the challenge of deficit spending, the political climate of Washington, and operation of civic institutions in a democratic society. He also answered questions from the audience.

This was the first part of a day-long forum in which political leaders and scholars discussed the role of religion in politics, political consulting and the conduct of campaigns, changing directions of political parties, redistricting issues, the media’s public service role, and campaign finance reform. close