Conservative Christians and anti-porn feminists want to shut down online pornography. That doesn’t make them allies. Nancy Whittier and Kelsy Burke - October 3, 2021 This week, Backpage.com’s owners face a status hearing. But the stakes go beyond what happens in court.
The 2014 campaign is a campaign about nothing Mark Schmitt and Lee Drutman - October 27, 2014 As the 2014 midterm election campaigns headed into their last
The mythical moderates? David Karol - October 8, 2013 Until recently, moderate Republicans had succeeded in flying under the
Reading Congressional tea leaves from the 2006 renewal of the Voting Rights Act - June 27, 2013 There's been ample excellent coverage of the Supreme Court's 5-4
What Arlen Specter Taught Us about Party Switching John Sides - October 16, 2012 This is a guest post by Kevin A. Evans, Rolfe
Arlen Specter and “Moderation” Andrew Rudalevige - October 15, 2012 Longtime senator Arlen Specter (R, er, D-PA) has died and
Polarization is Real (and Asymmetric) Nolan McCarty - May 15, 2012 This post is co-authored with Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, and
The Death March of the Moderates Nolan McCarty - February 29, 2012 A famous map by Charles Joseph Minard illustrates the plight
Happy Birthday, Arlen! Andrew Gelman - February 12, 2010 Arlen Specter shares a birthday with Abraham Lincoln but is
Arlen Specter’s running for reelection?? Andrew Gelman - February 1, 2010 Really??? He's almost 80 years old! Yeah, I know, U.S.
Out of the ball park, Congress style - January 12, 2010 Rarely does a Congressional Quarterly (who? what?) study light up
The Case for Filibustering; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Mitch McConnell* Gregory Koger - September 23, 2009 [Sorry it has been a while. APSA and teaching and
Accountability and dishonesty Hans Noel - May 22, 2009 A while back, John Sides and I had a discussion,
What Do Social Scientists Want? (and Why Is It Different From What Journalists and Politicians are Looking For)? Henry Farrell - May 14, 2009 Some thoughts on the relationship between political science, journalism and
Renewed Questions about the Durability of Party Identification - May 6, 2009 According to news reports, Arlen Specter’s switch to the Democratic
Clearing the Field in Pennsylvania Joshua Tucker - May 4, 2009 "Last week":https://themonkeycage.org/2009/04/how_liberal_will_specter_be.html, John noted that many thought Senator Specter must
Democratic Gains, GOP Losses: The Changing Tea Leaves on Partisan Trends - May 1, 2009 This week, furious speculation has attended the switch of Senator
Some of My Best Friends are Members of the American Bankers Association - May 1, 2009 Pleading with his colleagues to support an amendment that would
Arlen Specter Switches Parties John Sides - April 28, 2009 Whoa. He writes: bq. When I supported the stimulus package,
Lights, Camera, and ????–––Cameras at the Supreme Court - January 28, 2008 Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Dick Durbin (D-IL),