{"id":926,"date":"2008-10-23T19:49:37","date_gmt":"2008-10-23T19:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/speakerseries\/?p=159"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:34:17","slug":"alan-gitelson-the-2008-elections-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/2008\/10\/23\/alan-gitelson-the-2008-elections-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Gitelson: The 2008 Elections: The Good, The Bad, &amp; The Ugly"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"577\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" height=\"213\"><em>Featured Guest:<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/speakerseries\/files\/2011\/02\/Gitelson.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-165\" style=\"margin: 10px\" title=\"Gitelson\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/speakerseries\/files\/2011\/02\/Gitelson-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Dr. Alan  Gitelson<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured Topic:<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #330066\">The 2008  Elections: The Good, The Bad, &amp; The Ugly<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Date &amp; Location: <\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Thursday, October 23,  2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6:00 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\nCrown Center Auditorium, Lake Shore Campus<br \/>\n6525 North  Sheridan Road<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Dr. Alan Gitelson, frequent guest commentator on radio and television for  political and election issues, faculty author, and Professor of Political  Science at Loyola University, will provide a timely overview and analysis of the  2008 elections. He will focus on the nomination process, campaign financing,  campaign strategy, tactics, polling, and the role of the media in the campaign.  A question and answer period will be included. Reception to follow.<\/p>\n<p>His book <strong><em>American Government<\/em><\/strong> is in its eighth edition.<\/p>\n<p>To R.S.V.P. please  contact Carol Franklin at  773 508-2641 or <a href=\"mailto:cfrankl@luc.edu%20\">cfrankl@luc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Guest: Dr. Alan Gitelson Featured Topic: The 2008 Elections: The Good, The Bad, &amp; The Ugly Date &amp; Location: Thursday, October 23, 2008 6:00 p.m. Crown Center Auditorium, Lake Shore Campus 6525 North Sheridan Road Dr. Alan Gitelson, frequent guest commentator on radio and television for political and election issues, faculty author, and Professor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5858],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1279,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926\/revisions\/1279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}