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in his first public appearance since leaving the White House, former President Obama spoke about community organizing and civic engagement. Before moderating a panel of six young Chicago-area civic…

Panelists that included authors and academics talked about the influence of gender and race on the 2016 presidential election, Trump administration Cabinet choices, and the 115th Congress.

Political scientist David Brady talked about the future of America’s political parties with Melissa Caen, a political and legal analyst for KPIX-TV in San Francisco. Mr. Brady conducts…

The University of Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture hosted a series of presentations on their new survey addressing American political culture, which found widespread dissatisfaction with…

Eric Rivet talked about the Cleveland History Center’s “Power and Politics” exhibit launching prior to the 2016 Republican National Convention. The exhibit includes items in the Cleveland History Center’s…

Politico’s Roger Simon talked about President Obama’s re-election campaign. Topics included past presidential campaigns, President Carter’s legacy, Congress, and President Obama’s…

Telephone lines were open for comments on Sarah Palin’s speech at the National Tea Party Convention. Liz Sidoti spoke by phone about the reaction of the crowd to Sarah Palin’s speech at the…

Mark Skoda, founder and chairman of the Memphis Tea Party, talked by video uplink from the National Tea Party in Nashville, Tennessee. He talked about the National Tea Party’s goals and its legislative…

Ron Brownstein talked about his book, The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America (Penguin Press). In the book he analyzed the history and…

George Farah, executive director of a non-partisan group calling for a non-partisan debate sponsor, critiqued the Commission on Presidential Debates. He felt the Commission-sponsored…

First Annual State & Local Summit 2 - Avala & Gaylord

Daniel Weintraub, author of Party of One: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of the Independent Voter, explores the governorship of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Mr. Weintraub contends that after…

The panelists talked about voter mobilization efforts and made statements on policy positions. The “Take Back America” conference of the Campaign for America’s Future was held at the Omni…

Steve Scheffler talked about the function and organization of the Iowa Christian Alliance in the political sphere. He said that the organization does not endorse politicians or parties,…

Ben Pershing talked about the special election in Ohio and the process that was used to pass the omnibus spending bill.

Tom Beaumont talked about the Iowa caucuses. He spoke on the sources of Gov. Huckabee’s support, overviewed the advertisements by the candidates, Sen. Clinton, Sen. Obama, and polling data.

Eliot Spitzer took the oath of office as governor and gave his inaugural address outside the state capitol building in Albany, New York. Coverage courtesy of NY Network.

American Politics includes the inauguration addresses of three new governors and one re-elected incumbent. Sarah Palin was sworn in as the governor of Alaska and gave an inaugural address.…

Governor Granholm took the oath of office on the east steps of the state Capitol. She delivered an inaugural address at the Lansing Center.

Charlie Crist took the oath of office as governor and gave an inaugural address on the east steps of the Old Capitol in Tallahassee.