A week ago, I did a long interview on the subject of the economy and elections, which was to be condensed into a podcast for public radio. After it never appeared, I inquired as to its fortune and got this response:
bq. Unfortunately, we decided not to cover the economics of elections. We were having trouble finding the tension in the piece, because everyone we talked to agreed with you – economics was going to matter in 2010. We were finding it difficult to build 20-25 minutes around the topic.
You probably can’t find a better encapsulation of why political science research doesn’t make the news. No drama!