Posts by Steven L. Taylor
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter and/or BlueSky.
Attempts to “Carterize” the Race
Romney supporters seem to want to paint Obama as Carter. This is unlikely to help.
"The Volt as a brand has become politicized"
Is it possible to have the Volt conversation without it being about politics?
Contemplating the “Four Years” Question
If we are going to assess the “Reagan Question” then methinks some data would be helpful.
Acknowledging and Understanding Government
The GOP (and our politics in general) will not be healed until there is an honest assessment of what government is (and is not).
Interest Rates and Hacky Political Analysis
Seniors face a variety of economy-based difficulties–but let’s criticizes the media!
Lots of People do not Understand Parties, Conventions, or Presidentialism
Mark Levin provides the latest example.
Romney is the Alpha Male and Obama is a Woman (or Something like That)
Wherein a National Review piece leads me to think I am the OTB alpha blogger.
An Observation about Akin
Ironically, the Congressman was trying to avoid actually taking a stand on the question of abortion in the case of rape.
From the “Dumb Things Political Consultants Say” File (Birther and Tax Returns Edition)
GOP stratgist Alex Castellanos issues a challenge.
The State of the GOP
There is much to critique in Washington, but the nexus of the governance problem at the moment is the GOP.
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