I am happy to announce that my 2009 book, PANORAMA OF A PRESIDENCY: HOW GEORGE W. BUSH ACQUIRED AND SPENT HIS POLITICAL CAPITAL (M.E. Sharpe) has won an "outstanding academic book" award from CHOICE magazine, a publication that reviews books for college libraries.I am a professor of American politics at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. During my time at Carleton, I have taught widely in American politics--courses on Congress, the presidency, parties and interest groups, political rhetoric, America's future, and public policy. I have published fourteen books and have authored several scholarly articles and monographs. My edited book THE POSTMODERN PRESIDENCY: BILL CLINTON'S LEGACY IN AMERICAN POLITICS was published by Pittsburgh Press. CHOICE magazine named that book an "Outstanding Academic Book" of 2001, the first of two such awards my books have won. Another book, an edited volume entitled HIGH RISK AND BIG AMBITION: THE PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE W. BUSH was listed as an "academic press best seller" in 2004. More recently, I coedited (with Janet Box-Steffensmeier of Ohio State) and authored a chapter in THE AMERICAN ELECTIONS OF 2008 for Rowman and Littlefield publishers. My most recent book is an edited volume, AMBITION AND DIVISION: LEGACIES OF THE GEORGE W. BUSH PRESIDENCY, published by the University of Pittsburgh press in September 2009.I am also active as a media commentator. My columns have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Washington Monthly, Brookings Review and other publications. My observations on state and national politics are quoted frequently in newspapers and magazines. I also work as a political commentator for local television stations, Minnesota Public Radio, and the British Broadcasting Corporation.