The book and website companion, by prominent scholar Larry J. Sabato, offer up-to-date analyses of the key issues driving the 2006 elections.
PREFACE
Larry J. Sabato
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CENTER FOR POLITICS
INTRODUCTION
Election 2006: After Their Record Turnout in '04,
Can America's Youth Do It Again?
Jeanne Shaheen
HARVARD UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF POLITICS
CHAPTER 1
The Sixth Year Itch
Larry J. Sabato
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CENTER FOR POLITICS
CHAPTER 2
Neither Red Nor Blue: The Immigration Dividing Lines
Gabriel Escobar
PEW HISPANIC CENTER
CHAPTER 3
Will Lobbying Scandals Hold Sway on Election Day?
Jeff Birnbaum
THE WASHINGTON POST
CHAPTER 4
The Revolution Stalls
James Kitfield
NATIONAL JOURNAL
CHAPTER 5
Katrina, Competence, and the GOP
Bruce Alpert
NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE
CHAPTER 6
The Bush Drag: How the President Affects
the GOP's Chances in 2006
John Dickerson
SLATE MAGAZINE
CHAPTER 7
The 2006 Midterms from a Republican Perspective
John Hinderaker
POWERLINEBLOG.COM
CHAPTER 8
Motivate the Base: A Democratic Party Strategy
for the 2006 Elections
Markos Moulitsas
DAILYKOS.COM
Chapter 9
Gentlemen, Start Your Engines:
History's Paragraph for the 2006 Election
Larry J. Sabato
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CENTER FOR POLITICS
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 Magazine John Hinderaker, Powerlineblog.com Markos Moulitsas, Dailykos.com