 Notes for the New Majority With mid-term elections around the corner, Republicans are looking to gain control of the House. Professor Jack Pitney's August 21, 2010 op-ed in The Wall Street Journal considers what that might mean for the party. With power comes responsibility, and temptation, and other challenges. Pitney explores how the Republicans have managed power and its challenges in the past, and how these factors might affect politics in the next election. John J. Pitney, Jr. is the Roy P. Crocker Professor of American Politics at Claremont McKenna College. With Joseph M. Bessette, he is coauthor of American Government and Politics: Deliberation, Democracy, and Citizenship. |
