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Public Affairs Discussion Group
"Why the Republicans Keep Winning In Ohio"
September 9, 2005
Adelbert Hall, Toepfer Room
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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Rob Frost
Chairman of
the Republican Party
of Cuyahoga County
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J. David Levey
Journalist and
Consultant
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Dear
Colleagues:
It appears that this past Friday’s (Sept 2) discussion
of Judge Roberts’ nomination may have been even more
relevant than we hoped. I’m sure this week’s speakers
hope that this week’s Friday Public Affairs Lunch
discussion remains timely for a while.
On this Friday, Sept 9, J. David Levey, a
journalist and consultant, will be joined by Rob
Frost, Chairman of the Republican Party of Cuyahoga
County, to lead discussion on “Why Do the
Republicans Keep Winning in Ohio?” Preparations for
the 2006 elections have already begun, and by many
standards one would expect the incumbent party to be in
trouble. Yet Republican strength seemed to solidify
through the 2004 election even as Ohio struggled
economically. What factors of beliefs, demographics,
organization or other matters explain GOP strength, and
can it continue in 2006?
As usual, we will meet in the Toepfer Room of
Adelbert Hall from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m..
The lunch is brown bag, but refreshments and cookies are
kindly provided by the Office of University Marketing
and Communications. We look forward to a very lively
discussion.
All the best,
Joseph
White, Ph.D.
Luxenberg Family Professor and Chair
Department of Political Science
Director, Center for Policy Studies
Case Western Reserve University
Mather House 111
11201 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland OH 44106-7109
(216) 368-2426
joseph.white@case.edu
About Our Guest
Rob Frost
of Rocky River is the central committee
chairman of the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County.
Frost beat out Ron Lisy, a Bedford City
Councilman, to replace Rep. Jim Trakas (R-17),
who has held the position since May 1996. Rep.
Trakas recently stepped down and has announced that he
intends to run for a statewide office in 2006.
Fall 2005 Semester Schedule
Note: The Friday Lunch gathers from
12:30 to 1:30 p.m. each Friday during Fall and Spring
Semesters. The regular venue is the Toepfer Room on the
second floor of Adelbert Hall. The lunch is brown bag,
though cookies and beverages are provided. It is open to
the public.
***Note also: This is a tentative, partial schedule. In
some cases we know the speaker but not the exact topic!
Speakers usually talk for about 20 minutes, so that the
rest of the time can be given to discussion.
September 2: Ken Ledford, Associate Professor of History
and Law; Jon Entin, Professor of Law; and Mel Durchslag,
Professor of Law, will lead a discussion of the John
Roberts nomination to the Supreme Court.
Sept 9: J. David Levey, journalist and consultant, and
Rob Frost, Chairman of the Republican Party of Cuyahoga
County, on “Why the Republicans Keep Winning in Ohio.”
Sept 16: George W. Dent, Jr., Schott-van den Eyden
Professor of Law, on “The Federalist Society.” Professor
Dent is director of the Cleveland Chapter of the society
and serves as co-chair of its Subcommittee on
Constitutional Adjudication of the Religious Liberties
Practice Group.
Sept 23: Peter J. Haas, Professor of Religion, on
religion, food, and politics.
Sept 30: Peter W. Moore, Assistant Professor of
Political Science, on “Iraq as a War Economy.”
Oct 7: Marcus Stanley, Assistant Professor of Economics,
on a new understanding of policies for job training.
Oct 14:
George W. Collins II, emeritus Professor of Astronomy,
The
Decline of Science in the
United States.
will discuss issues ranging from funding to
politicization to immigration.
October 21: Jessie Hill, Assistant Professor of Law, on
“The Supreme Court and Abortion” In the Lounge of
Guilford House.
October 28: Justin Buchler, Assistant Professor of
Political Science.
November 4: Brian Gran, Assistant Professor of Sociology
and Law, on “Who Speaks for Children? The ‘Children’s
Ombudsperson’ in Europe.”
November 11: Jill Korbin, Professor of Anthropology and
Associate Dean of the College, and Lawrence Greksa,
Professor of Anthropology, on Amish teenagers’ choice
between two worlds.
November 18:
Janet McGrath, Associate Professor of Anthropology,
has been working on the CWRU/Uganda AIDS Research
Project since its inception.
Treating HIV/AIDS in
Uganda.
In the Spartan Room of
Thwing
Center.
December 2:
Charles Burroughs, Professor and Chair, Art History,
is one of the world’s
experts on the architecture of medieval Rome. Building Community,
Staging a Republic: Political Architectures in a
Medieval City.
December 9:
Gideon Shimoni
is Professor and Chair of the Department of Contemporary
Jewry at Hebrew University in Jerusalem,
and is at Case this semester as the Rosenthal Visiting
Professor of Judaic StudiesZionism and its
Discontents.
Parking: For
those people who seek to make special arrangements about
parking, the contact person now will be Fay Alexander.
Her phone number is 368-4440, and her e-mail is
fabrienne.alexander@case.edu.
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