Once again, CQ Press provides your students with a valuable supplement that provides an insider’s guide to the 2012 elections. Journalist and analyst Bob Benenson lays out a road map to help students understand:
- the ups and downs, ins and outs of the nomination process and the primaries;
- the key Congressional and gubernatorial contests in battleground states;
- the policy issues at play this election season—such as the economy and jobs, tax revenue versus cuts in government spending, Occupy Wall Street, the Tea Party movement, immigration, and health care; and
- how these 2012 elections fit within the context of past elections.
Winning in 2012 is the perfect jumping off point for your intro American government course—a resource students can continually refer to as they assess the candidates and make sense of the issues.
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Table of Contents
Tentative Table of Contents
Obama: Vulnerable Incumbent, Economic Uptick, Fractured Opposition
Prelude to 2012: A Wildly Swinging Political Pendulum
2008: Obama, Democrats Dominate But Inherit an Economic Crisis
Progressive Agenda Prompts Conservative "Tea Party" Backlash
2010: Republicans Take Back the House, Trim Democrats' Senate Edge
Obama's Appeal Sags, but Voters Weary of GOP Confrontation
The Republican Nominating Campaign's Long and Winding Road
Voters' Lukewarm Reception for Front-Runner Romney
Gaffes, Flawed Campaigns Cull Crowded Field
Four Contenders' Clear Identities, for Better and Worse
Santorum's Iowa Surprise
Rise of Super PACs Benefits Romney... at First
Momentum Shifts to Gingrich, then Romney, then Santorum
Not-So-Super Tuesday and the Un-Frontloaded Calendar
Long Slog, Uncertain Ending
Obama and the Battle for Issue Supremacy
The Economy: Recovering, But Enough?
The Impact of Occupy and the "99 Percent"
Health Care: A Lasting Controversy
Energy: Will Gas Prices Sting?
Social Policy: Republicans Pick a Culture Fight
Foreign Policy: Iraq War Over, But Still Stuck in Afghanistan
Obama's Surprise Strength: Fighting Terrorism
The Polls and the Map
Obama Job Approval: Is it the Number or the Trend?
Republican Candidates: The Needling and the Damage Done
The Looming Battleground States
The Fights for Congress
The House: Another Double-Digit Backswing?
The Senate: Numbers Work for Republicans, but Do the Politics?
Bio(s)
Bob Benenson, Freelance Writer
Bob Benenson is a veteran political analyst who wrote and edited at Congressional Quarterly in Washington, DC for 30 years. Benenson is now a freelance journalist and blogger living in Chicago.
