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Norman Ornstein
June 30, 2008
Norman Ornstein, Chautauqua's
program consultant for Week Two, is a resident scholar at the
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research in Washington,
DC. He also serves as an election analyst for CBS News and writes
a weekly column called "Congress Inside Out" for Roll
Call newspaper. His campaign finance working group of scholars
and practitioners helped shape the major law, known as McCain/Feingold
that reformed the campaign financing system.
Currently, Mr. Ornstein is co-directing
a multi-year effort, called the Transition to Governing Project,
to create a better climate for governing in the era of the permanent
campaign. He also serves as senior counselor to the Continuity
of Government Commission, working to ensure that our institutions
of government can be maintained in the event of a terrorist attack
on Washington.
He has written for the New York
Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs,
and other major publications, and regularly appears on such television
programs as "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," "Nightline,"
and "Charlie Rose." His many books include The Permanent
Campaign and Its Future; Intensive Care: How Congress Shapes
Health Policy, both with Thomas E. Mann; and Debt and Taxes:
How America Got Into Its Budget Mess and What to Do About It,
with John H. Makin.
A familiar name to many Chautauquans,
Norman has delivered three previous Amphitheater lectures. |
