UBC experts on US politics and media are available to comment on US mid-term elections (Nov. 2) and major public rallies by political satirists Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert (Oct. 30).
According to UBC experts – including one who will travel to Washington to cover the Stewart-Colbert rallies and election – the Democrats may be headed for massive defeats, which could cripple Obama’s agenda and re-election chances.
Other topics UBC experts are prepared to address include:
- Will Sarah Palin emerge as Obama’s chief challenger for 2012?
- Will Stewart/Colbert “restore sanity” to US politics and media coverage?
- What is driving voter unrest in the US and the rise of the Tea Party?
- What happens if Democrats lose control of Congress?
- What does the election mean for Canada and other countries?
Editors: UBC Prof. Joe Cutbirth is available for interviews today in Vancouver until 6 p.m. (Oct. 27, Nov. 1-4) and Washington, D.C. (Oct. 28-31), where he will cover the Stewart-Colbert rallies and election in person.
Cutbirth is an American journalist and UBC professor who has appeared regularly on ABC News NOW’s Politics Live, covered politics for The Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Morris News Service and Wichita Falls Times, and blogs for Huffingtonpost.com. He was a press spokesperson for the 1996 Clinton-Gore re-election campaign and is a former communications director for the Texas Democratic Party. He is an expert on satire and the media.
Prof. Joe Cutbirth
UBC School of Journalism
Phone: 604.822.4227, Cell: 778.938.2928
joe.cutbirth@ubc.ca
US elections and politics, congress and senate, media and satire, hotly contested races in California and Delaware
Prof. Richard Johnston
UBC Political Science Dept.
Phone: 604.822.5456
rjohnston@politics.ubc.ca
US elections and politics, political claims
Prof. Paul Quirk
UBC Political Science Dept.
Phone: 604.822.2230
quirk@politics.ubc.ca
Presidential elections, the presidency, Congress, public opinion, regulatory politics, and public policymaking.
Assoc. Prof. Adam Jones
Phone: 250.807.9624
adam.jones@ubc.ca
Blog: jonestream.blogspot.com
U.S. foreign relations, media and gender bias