Examines six political campaigns waged during the competitive 1998 races for the US House of Representatives. The case studies evaluate the professional political consultants who managed each campaign, their interaction with the candidates and the impact of the campaigns on the voters.

Barack Obama entered office on a wave of popular expectation; will he exit at the hands of a Tea Party inspired populist tsunami or return for four more years? Obama in Office brings together well-established political scientists and journalists to offer the first detailed assessment of President Obama and his first two years in office. This book covers the range of policy tests which the administration has faced during this period, including the recession and its jobless recovery, health care reform, financial regulation, the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, and the ongoing war in...