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The Big Ideas the Campaign the Vote KennedyJOH NF.KENNEDYSCHOOLOFGOVERNMENTBULLETINHARVARDUNIVERSITYSchoos u m m e r 2l 0 0 8 The Big Ideas The Campaign The Vote Our faculty weigh in Students assess primary Electoral college season Voting machines Alumni on campaigns Leon Loeb mpp 1972 Jacob Frenkel Ann Kaplan Kennedy School Board of Directors of the Women’s Leadership Board Kent Lucken mpa 2001 Daniel Glickman Laurel Karabian hks Alumni Association Executive Committee JOHNF.KENNEDYSCHOOLOFGOVERNMENTBULLETINHARVARDUNIVERSITY s u m m e r 2 0 0 8 J. Michael McGinnis mpp 1977 Steven Green Dato Fawziah Abdul Karim Roxanne Mankin Cason, Chair Executive Committee Patricia McGinnis mpa 1975 Clifford Gundle Margaret Kavalaris Barbara Annis, Chair Elect Rudy N. Brioché mpp 2000, Chair Robert Metzger bcsia Hani Habbas Lou Kerr Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani, Rosario Calderon mpa 1988, Marcia Morris mpa 1993 Azadeh Hariri Sung Joo Kim Vice Chair, International Vice Chair Ajay Nagpal mpp 1992 James Harpel Julia Hobbs Kivistik Renee White Fraser, Vice Chair, Jacquelyne Weatherspoon Robert Olian mpp/jd 1977 Robert Hefner III Peggy Klaus Domestic mpa 1991, Treasurer Anthony Otten mpp 1981 John Incledon Patricia Kouba Laurie McDonald Jonsson, Farahnaz Karim mpa 2001, Howard Paster mcrp 1979 Tasso Jereissati Roelfien Kuijpers Secretary Member-at-Large Anne Reed mpa 1981 Nicholas Josefowitz Renee LaBran Margaret Traub, Treasurer Paul Hodge mpa 2000, Ex-Officio Jorge Rosenblut mpa2 1985 Maha Kaddoura mpa 2000 Alison Lawton Members Sean Rowland mpa 1997 Norman Kaplan Corporate Members Catherine Lee The Election Issue Gayane Afrikian mpa 2005 Danny Sebright mpa 2001 Joseph Kasputys Jennifer Allyn Robin Leeds Jeff Amestoy mpa 1982 Daniel Sheffey mpp 1989 George Kellner Mary Bennett Francine LeFrak-Friedberg Marilyn Averill mpa 2000 Harry Sherr mpa 2003 Jamileh Kharrazi Beth Brooke Amy Levine Michael O. Cardoso mpa 2005 Heather Steans mpp 1987 Nemir Kirdar Janice Bryant Howroyd Renee Brody Levow Roland Castenada mpp 1974 Donald Stewart mpa 1969, Timothy Knatchbull mpa 1998 Angela Schwers Sheela Levy Kriengsak Chareonwongsak dpa 1975 Latifa Kosta Members Carol Locke 4 The Big Ideas 10 The Campaign 20 The Vote mpa 2007 Bob Suh mpa2 1985 Dal LaMagna mpa 2002 Carla Abourjeily Linda LoRe Shannon Christian mpp 1987 Harriett “Tee” Taggart mcp 1973 Ned Lamont Giselle Acevedo Ann Lovell Issues ranging from climate Campaign ’08 — Our alumni The evolution of U.S. voting Louis de Bruijn mpa 2004 Elizabeth Tamposi mpa 1984 Nicholas Lazares Mindy Lipson Aisen Maria Paola Luksic 2008 Andrea Marmolejo mpa 1988 William Tobey mpp 1984 Brandt Louie Maha Al-Juffali-Ghandour Nancy Malone change to education, from run for office and work behind apparatus; exit polling in ; Kathe F. Mullally mpa 1998 Joseph Tompkins mpp 1975, Bertram Lubner Sharon Allen Ranjini Manian health care reform to free trade the scenes, while our students Dan Maffei mpp 1995 on running Daniel Ostergaard mpa 2004 jd 1974 Mary Ma Wendy Appelbaum Florine Mark Gary Schwarz mpa 2007 Stacey Gillis Weber mpa2 1990 Yoko Makino Loreen Arbus Lana Marks are knocking on policymakers’ offer perspectives on the for office; and faculty discuss Pradeep Singh mpp 1991 Thomas White mpa2 1982 George Mallinckrodt Liz Arky Lisa Matthews Janet Thompson mpa 1987 Wilfred Wong mpa 1987 W.A. Manoukian Jan Babiak Bobbi McKenna doors. Our faculty are helping primary process and some presidential transitions and Giles Whiting mpp 2005 Deryck Maughan Ellen McLaughlin Visiting Committee Ellyn Bank Mike Medavoy Barbara Beck Pamela McLean shape the discussion. help to cover the election. legacies. Dean’s Alumni Joel Fleishman, Chair Mark Mendell Clare Beckton Neena Mehta Leadership Council Charles Baker, Jr. James Metzger Carol Lavin Bernick Ellen Mignoni Greg Rosenbaum mpp/jd 1977, Robert Belfer Yogendra Modi Susan Bird Diane Miller Chair Douglas Bereuter mcp 1966 Ahmed Mohiuddin Susan Bogart Pat Mitchell Joseph Caldwell mpa 1985, Rebecca Blank Anthony Morris Michèle Boutros-Ghali Ellen Jane Moore Vice Chair John Deutch Zenon Nie Maria Efantis Brennan Barbara Morrison Marvin Odum Valerie Mosley 14 10 Departments José María Figueres mpa 1991, Cheryl Dorsey mpa/md 1992 Anna Burger Vice Chair Ann Fudge Idan Ofer Maxine Burton Pansy Muller Joshua Gotbaum mpp/jd 1976, John B. Gage Jorma Ollila Mary Carrington Marilyn Carlson Nelson Vice Chair Joshua Gotbaum mpp/jd 1976 Nelson Ortiz mpa 1983 Deborah Carstens Anne Nobles Paul Hodge mpa 2000, James W. Harpel Minnie Osmeña mpa Joan Chrestay Julia Novy-Hildesley 2 executive summary Founding Chair and Vice Chair James A. Johnson Richard Plepler Eloise Yellen Clark Gun Nowak Yoko Makino mpa 1999, Vice Chair Lawrence F. Katz Andrew Rappaport Kathy Cloninger Anna Ouroumian Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg Harold Koh Gordon Rawlinson Betty Cohen Aysen Ozyegin 3 letters mpa 1972, Vice Chair Peter Malkin John Reed Anne Cointreau Kristine Pearson Michael Spies mcrp 1982, Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani David Richards Elizabeth Colton Maureen Peckman Vice Chair mpa 1982 Stephen Ritterbush, ksgp 1979 Lizbeth Cooney Carol Penn Judy Wade mpp 1989, Vice Chair Franklin Raines Carlos Riva Linda Coughlin Carol Perrin 32 bully pulpit Jill Wagner mpa2 1983, Vice Chair David Rubenstein James Rogers, Jr. Diane Creel Sarah Raiss Joan Abrams mpa 1993 Ralph Schlosstein Greg Rosenbaum mpp/jd 1977 Laurie Cunnington Joyce Reuben Merribel Ayres smg 1984 Klaus Schwab mpa 1967 Daniel Rosensweig Martha De Laurentiis Margaret Rose in print Douglas Bereuter mcp 1966, Lan Xue John Rosenthal Cristina de Manuel Tracy Rudd 34 Joseph Roxe Roxanne Decyk Nancy Russell mpa 1973 Dean’s Council Chasing the Flame Stuart Bernstein mpa2 1991 James Sabry Diane Dixon Sarina Russo Jeffrey Bialos mpp 1980 Executive Committee Mohammad Safadi Saundra Dockser Melanie Sabelhaus The Powers to Lead Osman Boyner mpa2 2001 Peter L. Malkin, Chair Paul Sagan Julia Bailey Dulan Kim Samuel Johnson Teresa Brady mpp 1983 Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, Michael Sandler Ivelisse Estrada Virginia Sanchez Our Communities, Our Homes Joseph Campbell mpp 1978 Vice Chair Armen Sarkissian Haifa Fakhouri Hoda Sarofim-Sawiris Craig Cardon mpa 2002 Ralph Baxter, Jr. Rajesh Shah Nina Fialkow Rayona Sharpnack Alexandre Chavarot mpp 1992 Robert Belfer John Shane Anne Finucane Susan Silbermann Nancy Connery mpa 1979 Mary Boies Nicholas Shreiber Marsha Firestone Pamela Smith 36 capital ideas Robert Culver mpa 1978 Alan Hassenfeld Douglas Sims Stacy Fisher Pernille Spiers-Lopez 20 William Cunningham mpa 1983 Paul Hodge mpa 2000 Barry Sloane mpa 1991 Janie Fong Fredericka Stevenson Neil Smith Vickie Sullivan Mark Dalzell mpp 1979 Members Karen Frank classnotes Rory Stear Mary Green Swig 38 Diane Damskey mpa2 1988 Guillermo Abaracon mpa 1998 Carolee Friedlander Peter Steiner Robin Talbert Shari Davis mpp 1989 Munir Abu-Haidar Carol Fulp Björn Stigson Sandra Taylor Beth deHamel mpp 1982 Assilah Al Harthy Maureen Gaffney Christen Sveaas Linda Kaplan Thaler James DeNaut mpa2 1989 Mohammed Al-Tuwaijri Denise Gatling 48 exit poll Tony Tamer Anisya Thomas Christine Dillon mpa 2004 Roy Ash Dana Goldinger John Taysom Beatrice Trussardi Arturo Fermandois mpa 1994 Kathleen Bader Sandra Gooch Edward Tian Kathleen Valenti Ernesto Fernandez-Hurtado Suzanne Barnes mpa 1998 Jean Minskoff Grant Sidney Topol Damayanti Vasudevan mpa 1948 Thomas Barry Sarah Moores Walker Guthrie Samir Toubassy Herta Von Stiegel Robert Ferri mpa 1986 Pius Baschera Dana Hagendorf Stokley Towles Lauren Wachtler Caroline Flueh mpa2 1990 Hazem Ben-Gacem Sheila Harrell Marvin Traub Diedra Wager John Gage ksgp 1971 Judith Benardete Barbara Harris Donald Tsang mpa 1982 Judith Wagner Thomas Gallagher mpp 1978 Lawrence Bender Kathy Harris Adair Turner Meredith Wagner 26 20 Aaron Gershenberg mpp 1989 Steven Berger Linda Hart Agâh U˘gur Geraldine Waldorf Fred Hochberg s&l 1996 Daniel Biederman Joan Helpern Enzo Viscusi Claudia Walters Henry Hubschman mpp 1973, Ali Bozkurt Sara Hildebrand Brooke Wade Lara Warner jd 1972 Robert Calhoun Poppy Holzworth John Whitehead Leigh Wasson David Hulse mpp 1984 Robert Carp Dzana Homan Malcolm Wiener Marcia Wilson Mazen Jaidah mpp 1996 Cecilia Chan Mary Ellen Iskenderian J. McDonald Williams Ellen Wingard David Johnson mpp 1983 Victor Chu Lorie Jackson Jacqueline Woods V. Cheryl Womack Stacey Keare mpp 1994 Ferdinand “Moose” Tamara Jacobs Ann Ziegler John Kennedy mpa 1988 Colloredo-Mansfeld Janice Jones Petros Kokkalis mpa 2002 Tony Conza Margaret Jurca Florence Koplow mpa 1995 Howard Cox, Jr. Claudia Kahn James Langevin mpa2 1994 Thomas Culligan Pat Lawson mpa 1989 Bharat Desai Nancy LeaMond mcp 1974 Arnold Donald Bülent Eczacıbası David Elias h.r.h. Princess Firyal of Jordan CLOCKWISEFROMTOPRIGHT:MCCORYJAMES,DAVIDMCNEW/GETTYIMAGES,REUTERS/JONATHANERNST,NATIONALMUSEUMOFAMERICANHISTORY,MARTHASTEWART James Flanagan smg 1995 executive summary THEDEAN’SWORD letters THOUGHTSFROMTHECONSTITUENCY Dear reader, Associate Dean for Communications and Public Affairs In this issue we focus on a subject that has dominated the news during Melodie Jackson mpa 2001 the last 18 months — the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Director of Alumni Relations and President John F. Kennedy once noted that “the magic of politics is Annual Giving not the panoply of office. The magic of politics is participating on all Wendy Wiedenmann levels of national life in an affirmative way, of playing a small role in Director, Alumni Affairs Debbie Metcalfe determining whether in [William] Faulkner‘s words, ‘freedom will not Editor only endure, but prevail.’” Sarah Abrams In the
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