Professor Voices » government shutdown http://blogs.bu.edu/professorvoices Opinions and views by Boston University experts Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:10:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Government shutdown: Time running out http://blogs.bu.edu/professorvoices/2011/04/08/government-shutdown-time-running-out/ http://blogs.bu.edu/professorvoices/2011/04/08/government-shutdown-time-running-out/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:26:44 +0000 Jo Breiner http://blogs.bu.edu/professorvoices/?p=1146 The deadline is approaching on a possible government shutdown. The following Boston University professors are available to offer commentary and analysis on the situation.

07-2325-008Tom Whalen is an associate professor of social sciences, an expert on modern American politics and the American presidency. He is also a regular contributor to PoliticoArena.

Contact 617-353-4785, tjw64@bu.edu

 

 

fiedler_tomTom Fiedler is the dean of the College of Communication, a former executive editor of the Miami Herald and an expert on American politics. He is also a regular contributor to PoliticoArena.

Contact 617-353-3488, tfiedler@bu.edu


]]> http://blogs.bu.edu/professorvoices/2011/04/08/government-shutdown-time-running-out/feed/ 0 Federal shutdown likely? http://blogs.bu.edu/professorvoices/2011/04/06/federal-shutdown-likely/ http://blogs.bu.edu/professorvoices/2011/04/06/federal-shutdown-likely/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:09:10 +0000 Jo Breiner http://blogs.bu.edu/professorvoices/?p=1113 Screen shot 2011-04-06 at 8.40.10 AMThe White House and GOP continue their attempts to avoid a federal government shutdown scheduled for midnight on Friday. Tom Fiedler, Dean of Boston University’s  College of Communication, is a former executive editor of the Miami Herald and an expert American politics. He spoke with NECN and weighed in on who he feels is the loser in this debate.

“Well, actually I think both sides are going to lose in this. The American public, in general, is looking at this a little bit like a schoolyard fight. It’s both sides saying if I don’t get my way, I’m going home. There’s no question there is a loser in this and that’s the American public in general.”

Watch the entire interview here.

Contact Tom Fiedler, 617-353-3488, tfiedler@bu.edu


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