Ken Warren

St. Louis University

Guest

Professor of Political Science at St. Louis University and president of the Warren Poll, which conducts polling for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, among others; author of In Defense of Public Opinion Polling and editor of Encyclopedia of US Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; former pollster for Richard Gephardt

 

Ken Warren on KCRW

Rick Santorum  won both Alabama and Mississippi yesterday.  Newt Gingrich  took second place in states even he said he needed.

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Rick Santorum won both Alabama and Mississippi yesterday. Newt Gingrich took second place in states even he said he needed.

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Mitt Romney  is lucky there were two other candidates in Mississippi and Alabama, even though he lost to them both. One alone would have swamped him.

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Mitt Romney is lucky there were two other candidates in Mississippi and Alabama, even though he lost to them both. One alone would have swamped him.

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The lame-duck session of Congress is hard to keep track of. Today's sure thing is old news by tomorrow, and nobody knows how long it's going to go on.

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