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Perry Trusts Scientists, if They Help Him Win

Rick Perry may think his opinions on climate change makes him a modern day Galileo, but there is one field where he is willing to concede ground to the experts: the political science of how to run a campaign. Political scientists who study elections are interested to measuring the effectiveness …

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Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Friday September 9, 2011

Why are Veep Nominees so Lame?

Andrew Gelman directs us to two blogposts at the Monkeycage blog on a neglected area of political science, here and here . Andrew Gelman directs us to two blogposts at the Monkeycage blog on a neglected area of political science, here and here .

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Written by David Frum on Thursday September 24, 2009