The Sixth Year Itch: The Rise and Fall of the George W. Bush Presidency

This new book by political scholar and commentator Larry J. Sabato helps students, voters, and citizens understand the issues and actions that mattered most in the 2006 midterm elections and previews the 2008 presidential race. The Sixth Year Itch contains original chapters by Sabato, as well as contributed chapters by prominent journalists and scholars who are on the political frontlines, including G. Terry Madonna of Franklin & Marshall's Center for Politics and Public Affairs.

Pivotal Pennsylvania: Presidential Politics from FDR to the Twenty-First Century

Each presidential election year, it has become common to hear Pennsylvania described as a "battleground state." How and why did such competitive politics take shape? When did Pennsylvania become so pivotal in electing the president of the United States? In this volume, one of the state's leading political analysts answers these questions by taking readers behind the scenes of convention dramas and onto the campaign trail as national candidates and favorite sons vie for support. This authoritative, richly detailed history by G. Terry Madonna traces the evolution of presidential politics in Pennsylvania from FDR to the twenty-first century. (ISBN 1-932304-40-1/Price $14.95)