Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Professor of Government, spoke with Wall Street Journal reporter Naftali Bendavid for an article on how President-elect Barack Obama's first term may or may not mirror that of Franklin D. Roosevelt. In "FDR's Popularity Helped Power New Deal," which appeared in the paper's Jan. 6 issue, Klinkner commented that Roosevelt established a connection with the electorate unlike that of any previous president. More ...

Philip Klinkner, James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government and Associate Dean of Students, got the last word in a Christian Science Monitor article titled "In Sealing Nomination, Obama Makes History" published Wednesday, June 4. The article chronicled Barack Obama's route to securing the Democratic presidential nomination and analyzed its unconventional nature. Klinkner observed that never before had a candidate attracted such a diverse coalition of supporters. More ...