Iowa and Onward: The Caucuses and the 2012 Election

Charlie Cook

Tuesday, 29 Nov 2011 at 12:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union

Charlie Cook is considered one of the nation's leading authorities on American politics and U.S. elections. He is the editor and publisher of the Cook Political Report and a political analyst for NBC News and National Journal, where he writes a twice-weekly column. He has been an election night analyst for CNN and CBS News and is a frequent guest on NBC's Meet the Press. In 2010 he was a co-recipient of the American Political Science Association's Carey McWilliams award to honor "a major journalistic contribution to our understanding of politics." Inaugural Harkin Institute of Public Policy Lecture.

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Charlie Cook founded the Cook Political Report in 1984 and became a columnist for Roll Call, the newspaper of Capitol Hill, in 1986. In 1998 he moved his column to National Journal. He has been an election night analyst for CNN and CBS News and since 1994 for NBC News. He has appeared on all three major broadcast networks evening news programs.

The New York Times has called Charlie Cook "one of the best political handicappers in the nation" and has said the Cook Political Report is "a newsletter which both parties regard as authoritative." The late David Broder wrote in the Washington Post that Charlie Cook was "perhaps the best non-partisan tracker of Congressional races," while CBS News's Bob Schieffer called the Cook Political Report "the bible of the political community."

This lecture will be taped for Iowa Public Television.

Broadcast schedule:
Mon, December 5, 8:00 PM on IPTV World
Tue, December 6, 4:30 PM on IPTV World
Sat, December 10, 9:00 AM on IPTV World
Sat, December 10, 6:00 PM on IPTV World

Watch it online: click here.

Cosponsored By:

• Harkin Institute of Public Policy
• Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)