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Presidential Campaign 2008

Wesleyan University's WESeminar Series Homecoming/ Family Weekend 2008: These are historic times in American politics, but even as change is in the air, an old dilemma persists. Scholars, pundits, and even presidents sometimes lament that election campaigns are poorly structured to select the best individuals to govern once the campaign has ended. To what extent has the 2008 campaign illuminated the substantive policy differences between Democratic candidate Senator Barak Obama and Republican candidate Senator John McCain? Which of the two candidates has found the right words to woo enough voters to carry him into the White House? How has the rhetoric of the campaign enhanced or hindered the subsequent task of governing? How has outgoing President George W. Bush had to adjust his policy in the context of the election campaign to succeed him? Join our panelists for a lively discussion of the challenge of campaigning and governing in the 2008 presidential election. Presenters: Douglas C. Foyle, Douglas J. and Midge Bowen Bennet Associate Professor of Government, teaches decision making in United States foreign policy and is the author of Counting the Public In: Presidents, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy; Elvin T. Lim, assistant professor of government, teaches political communication and presidential politics and is the author of The Anti-Intellectual Presidency: The Decline of Presidential Rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush; Melanye Price, assistant professor of government