Sept. 7, 2007
EDITORS NOTE: ATTENTION POLITICAL, ASSIGNMENT EDITORS, if you plan to attend, contact Steve Manas, Office of Media Relations, at 732-932-7084, ext. 612, or Randi Chmielewski at 732-932-9384, ext. 268, or randic@rci.rutgers.edu.
EAGLETON INSTITUTE LOOKS AT PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING PROCESS
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| WHAT: | Fast Track or Train Wreck? The 2008 Presidential Nominating Process, a program presented by the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, to explore the distinctive features of the next race to the White House |
| WHO: | Panelists: U.S. Rep. David Price (D-N.C., first elected in 1986), co-chair of the Democratic Partys Commission on Presidential Nominations for 2008, former political science professor at Duke University and author of four books on congressional and U.S. politics; William G. Mayer, political science professor at Northeastern University and author of several books, including Pursuit of the White House in 2000: How We Choose Our Presidential Nominees; and Tom Wilson, chair of the New Jersey Republican State Committee since 2004 and communications director for the New Jersey Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign. Moderator: Gerald M. Pomper, Board of Governors Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Rutgers |
| WHEN: | 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11 |
| WHERE: | Wood Lawn, 191 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, N.J. |
BACKGROUND: The 2008 presidential nominating process has many distinctive features. For the first time since 1928, neither ticket will have an incumbent president or vice president. Unusually large fields of Republicans and Democrats are vying for their parties nominations, and diversity has become more than just a talking point for the electorate.
Also, odds are that this will become the most expensive race for the Oval Office in history, with the most debates among candidates brought about by the earliest and lengthiest primary season. The use of new Internet technologies as YouTube and MySpace will become mandatory, as increasing numbers of voters turn to alternative media for information.
Contact: Steve Manas
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E-mail: smanas@ur.rutgers.edu
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