a former professor in the news

jack pitney, professor in the government department at claremont men's mckenna college seems to be one of the press's go-to guys on political issues, particularly the recall.

i took a political philosophy course from him, and one of the things i remember is his prediction that republicans would never retake congress. (oops.)

it is interesting to look at the things he says in light of the facts that he used to work for the republican national committee and dick cheney.

i've got nothing against the guy, but he seems an odd choice to be commenting on the california governor recall and race—aren't there a few professors who actually study and write about california politics?

(just another of life's lessons on why you should never put too much faith in anything you read in the press.)