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After GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary, we asked journalism professor Alan Schroeder in the College of Arts, Media and Design, who has authored a book on presidential debates, to predict the short-term future of the race for the White House. Retail campaigning, whereby candidates make contact with voters, has characterized the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary, but what facto…
A day after the nation went to the polls, we’re talking to Northeastern faculty members about President Barack Obama’s electoral win over Republican Mitt Romney, which came despite an extremely close popular vote count. Check in throughout the day to see what experts from across the university are saying about what the results mean for the nation and the world. 2:40 p.m.: Denise Horn, an assistant professor of international affairs…
Republican hopefuls faced off at Monday’s GOP presidential debate in New Hampshire, after which most pundits voted front-runner Mitt Romney best in show. William Crotty, the Thomas P O’Neill professor of political science at Northeastern and expert in presidential elections, explains Republicans‘ primary campaign issues, the tactics used by presidential candidates to stand out in a debate and why Romney is leading the…
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney selected Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate on Saturday, ending months of speculation over who the former Massachusetts governor would choose. We asked William Crotty, Northeastern political science professor and Thomas P. O’Neill Chair in Public Life, to analyze what the selection of Ryan means for Romney’s campaign and the presidential race.…
…is a unique perspective on what he hopes to hear Thursday night in Charlotte from President Obama. And as a former Massachusetts governor, he has a unique platform from which to criticize Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s performance as governor. Dukakis has said Romney made an “absolute mess” of it.…
Mitt Romney’s five sons — Matt, Tagg, Craig, Ben and Josh — are sitting pretty with a trust fund worth $100 million. Getting there took investments that produced great growth, according to the Romney campaign. It also took smart tax strategies.…
The performances in the first presidential debate of the election season may seal the political fate of Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama on Tuesday, according to a trio of Northeastern University experts in media and politics. “Romney would owe a victory in Tuesday’s election in large part to his successful performance in the first debate,” noted Robert Gilbert, the Edward W. Brooke Professor of Political Science.…
President Obama’s reelection campaign opened a new front against Mitt Romney on his home turf Wednesday, calling Romney’s tenure as Massachusetts governor a time of grand gestures and empty economic promises that should be a warning sign for the nation.…
The third and final Obama-Romney debate may not change many minds, but as a study in competing strategies, it is certain to ignite strong opinions all around. Although the two candidates sat side by side, like guests at a dinner party, each man was playing an entirely different game. Mitt Romney came ready to float like a butterfly, while Barack Obama came ready to sting like a bee.…
The Massachusetts economy wasnât in great shape during the early aughts. As Mitt Romney’s opponents like to point out, the Bay State ranked 47th out of 50 states in terms of job creation from 2003 to 2007. It was only one of two states to have no growth in its resident labor force between 2002 and 2006. But as Mitt Romney is quick to note, it survived its economic crisis - and even saw its credit rating improve - through a combi…
Tonight’s first televised debate in the Bay State’s U.S. Senate race may be between U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren — but GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney could be the one who steals the show, according to pundits and party operatives. “Mitt Romney is going to be looming large,” said Alan Schroeder, a Northeastern University political science professor who specializes in debates. “Warren has a great opening here. O…
The Obama campaign’s attempt to make an issue of Mitt Romney’s governorship quickly descended into spectacle Thursday. As the president’s chief strategist, David Axelrod, made his case in front of the state house in Boston, he was nearly drowned out by pro-Romney hecklers chanting slogans. From the sidelines, a clean-cut young man in a blue tie blew soap bubbles. “You can’t handle the truth!” Axelrod was reduced to yelling, as he le…
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