“Is it Tea Time in America?Forecasting 2010 Midterms”
a talk by Matt Dickinson,
Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College
Saturday, October 30th at 4 P.M.
@ The Ripton Community Church
Everyone is invited to hear Matt Dickinson’s non-partisan discussion of the political climate leading up to Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Please bring your ideas, questions and civility to this discussion. Everyone should go away with a little better understanding of the politcal times in which we live, and what the outcome will tell us about this election and our nation.
Professor Dickinson previously taught at Harvard University, where he also received his Ph.D., working under the supervision of presidential scholar Richard Neustadt, and was a Fellow in the Governmental Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. Matthew Dickinson is the author of Bitter Harvest: FDR, Presidential Power,
and the Growth of the Presidential Branch (Cambridge University Press) and co-editor of Guardian of the Presidency: The Legacy of Richard E. Neustadt (The Brookings Institution). He has also published numerous articles on the presidency, Congress, presidential decision making, and presidential advisers. His current book
project, titled The President and the White House Staff: People, Positions and Processes, 1945-2008, examines the growth of presidential staff in the post-World War II era.
Sponsored by Friends of The Ripton Community Church
