Larry J. Sabato is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, and the Director of the UVA Center for Politics. His over 20 books include Divided States of America: The Slash and Burn Politics of the 2004 Presidential Election, and the American politics text, American Government: Continuity and Change. Other contributors include: Jeanne Shaheen, Harvard University Institute of Politics Gabriel Escobar, Pew Hispanic Center Jeff Birnbaum, The Washington Post James Kitfield, National Journal Bruce Alpert, New Orleans Times John Dickerson, Slate