2008-2009 Events

Obama's First 100 Days

Center Director, John Fortier, and journalist, author, and political analyst David Mark, a senior editor at The Politico, discuss Obama's presidential transition and first 100 days.
Watch the video.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
7:30-9pm, Olin Auditorium

How Obama Won: An Autopsy of the 2008 Election

Curtis Gans, Director of the Center for the Study of the American Electorate at American University, John Green of the University of Akron and Director of the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, and our own John Fortier take a look back at the presidential election.
Who turned out to vote? What role did the religious vote play?
Is this a sign of new civic engagement?
Watch the video.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009
7-8:30pm, Bemis Music Room (Peirce 210)

Presidents We Deserved (and a Few We Didn't)

Al Felzenberg, of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses his new book, The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didn't): Rethinking the Presidential Rating Game. Felzenberg was the spokesman for the 9/11 Commission and an advisor to the Department of Defense and the Voice of America.
Watch the video.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
7:30-9pm, Olin Auditorium

Election Analysis

Two weeks before the presidential election, John Fortier, Director of Kenyon's Center for the Study of American Democracy, and John Harwood P'11, political correspondent for CNBC and the New York Times, participated in a panel discussion about the campaign at Family Weekend. Watch the video.

Saturday, October 18, 2008
Philomathesian Hall