James Thurber

JAMES A. THURBER is Professor of government at American University and Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies. He is currently directing "Improving Campaign Conduct," a research project sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts. He is editor and coeditor of Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations, Second Edition; Remaking Congress: The Politics of Congressional Stability and Change; Campaign Warriors: Political Consultants in Elections; Crowded Airwaves: Campaign Advertising in Elections; Battle for Congress: Candidates, Consultants, and Voters; and Campaigns and Elections: American Style. COLTON C. CAMPBELL is Assistant Professor of political science at Florida International University. He is the author of Discharging Congress: Government by Commission, and coeditor of several books, including: New Majority or Old Minority? The Impact of Republicans on Congress; The Contentious Senate: Partisanship, Ideology, and the Myth of Cool Judgment; Congress Confronts the Court: The Struggle for Legitimacy and Authority in Lawmaking; Congress and the Politics of Emerging Rights; and Congress and the Politics of Foreign Policy.