AEI Politics: Experts, highlights, and headlines

6/23/15

Politics and public opinion scholars

Karlyn Bowman
Senior Fellow
Research areas: US politics, Public opinion and polls, Media

Michael Barone
Visiting Fellow
Research areas: Politics, American government, Campaigns and elections

Tim Carney
Visiting Fellow
Research areas: culture of competition

Ramesh Ponnuru
Visiting Fellow
Research areas: Health care policy, Economic policy, Constitutionalism

Norman Ornstein
Resident Scholar
Research areas: US Politics, Congress, Elections

Arthur Brooks
President
Research areas: Culture, politics, and economic life in America, Philanthropy

Jonah Goldberg
Fellow
Research areas: US politics & culture, Conservative & Progressive movement

Rand Paul’s implausible flat tax
Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg View
Senator Rand Paul’s new tax-reform plan is a considerable improvement over his old one, but it isn’t going anywhere.

Polls show Clinton weakness in big states — and even the New Hampshire primary
Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
Hillary Clinton has relaunched her campaign on Roosevelt Island with a 4,687-word speech. But it’s not clear whether she and her husband Bill Clinton can win four presidential elections as Franklin Roosevelt did.

Our towns: Americans say they are alive and working well
Karlyn Bowman, Forbes
Just how strong are our communities? Public opinion data show that people’s views about them are remarkably positive.

Walker shows his priorities with $250 million subsidy to NBA billionaires
Timothy P. Carney, Washington Examiner
Scott Walker wants to send a quarter-billion dollars in taxpayer money to the Milwaukee Bucks while, at the same time, convincing primary voters that he is a conservative who can stand up to the special interests. It’s a tough sell.

Jeb Bush has bigger problems than Iraq war stumble
Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
At a time when many analysts see authoritarianism rising and democracy ebbing, voters in Turkey and Mexico are resisting movement in that direction.

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