From my vantage point as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow working for a prominent moderate Democratic senator on a key committee, I observed the machinations of the supporters, opponents, and influencers of health reform legislation. This paper compares the strategy...

Americans today face no shortage of threats to their financial well-being, such as job and retirement insecurity, health care costs, and spiraling college tuition. While one might expect that these concerns would motivate people to become more politically engaged on the issues, this often...