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"The odd-year elections of 2009, like those of 1993 and 2001, still provide clues to where the nation's voters are headed, and it's a different direction than they took in the presidential election last year."

--Michael Barone, article in the Washington Examiner, November 4, 2009


 


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A Dose of Defeat Is Just the Medicine for Obama
 
To the outside world, the president still represents transformation, but at home his record is disappointingly thin.
 
Tuesday's Biggest Loser: The Union Agenda
 
The GOP victories on Election Day reveal fissures in the coalition that elected Barack Obama.
 
Va., N.J. Races Show Voters Changing Course
 
As the final votes were being counted, it was possible to draw some lessons from Republican Bob McDonnell's victory in Virginia and the close, three-way governor's race in New Jersey.
 
Results Won't Change Congress, but Election Has Many Implications
 
Nothing important has changed directly in Congress from Tuesday to Wednesday. But the indirect implications of these elections could be considerable.
 
 
The Age of Reagan The Conservative Counterrevolution, 1980-1989
 
The long-awaited second volume in a classic of presidential history.  
 
Preserving Our Institutions Presidential Succession
 
This report delves into the issues surrounding succession to the presidency and provides seven specific recommendations for how the flaws in the current succession process may be fixed.  
 
The Happiness of the People 2009 Irving Kristol Lecture
 
The political culture created by the Constitution has made Americans a people uniquely optimistic, lacking in class envy, and confident that that they are in charge of their own lives.  
 
 
UPCOMING EVENTS
 
 
2010 may be the best year to die, or at least your heirs may think so. This AEI conference will examine the economic effects of the estate tax,...
 
 
Peter Berkowitz will deliver the November Bradley Lecture.
 
 
 
PAST EVENTS
 
 
This event is part of AEI's Election Watch series, the longest continuous election program in Washington since 1982.
 
 
Eight years after the 9/11 attacks, the Continuity of Government Commission will discuss the continuity of Congress, the lack of progress we have made, and where we might go from here.