Center for Strategic Communication

After the Fat Lady Sang

By Patricia H Kushlis If there’s one thing I’ve learned about elections it’s that the fat lady’s song sometimes resembles a five hour Wagnerian opera far more than a three minute hip-hop track for I-pod.  Furthermore, such elections may also not follow the shortest...

Elections Horror 2012 – A 2000 Reprise?

By Patricia H. Kushlis The final question at a talk on civil discourse by James A. Baker at the Wilson Center on Monday, October 23, 2012 raised the specter of another razor-thin election reminiscent of 2000.  A subsequent headline in the Washington Post suggested...