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During the semester, I shall post course material and students will comment on it. Students are also free to comment on any aspect of American politics, either current or historical. There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges. This blog is on the open Internet, so post nothing that you would not want a potential employer to see. Syllabus: http://gov20h.blogspot.com/2023/08/draft-introduction-to-american-politics.html

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

"Flakes of Danger"

For many big-city mayors, "a paralyzing blizzard or ice storm is the most serious crisis they ever face." This article discusses how various political careers have been destroyed because of bad responses to snow storms. Denver's had a few instances of this, but Mayor Hickenlooper was able to get reelected after a slow response to a storm a few years ago by joking that the storms are "politically motivated."

Read more here: http://www.governing.com/node/998/

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