Past Events Dole Forum - Spring 2009

Tuesday, April 21, 2009
"Politics, Pop Culture and Polling"
PAT CADDELL - multi-faceted politico

Pat Caddell is a noted public opinion pollster, political strategist, Fox News commentator, and former writer for The West Wing. Caddell was "interviewed" by Institute Director Bill Lacy about the current situation in Washington, how politics is portrayed in popular media, and his days polling for former president Jimmy Carter. Press Release
Program handout | photo journal in progress | VIDEO
Note: Pat Caddell was also the 4:00 Study Group guest.

Inaugural Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture

Wednesday, April 15, 2009
"The Equity Imperative:
Why it matters to talk about women"
KIM GANDY president of NOW

Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women, will give the inaugural lecture for the Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture Series, created by the University, in memory of late women’s rights activist and KU student Jana Lynne Mackey. ..Press Release | VIDEO

Wednesday, April 8. 2009 at the Institute
Town Hall Meeting
on The Pickens Plan

On Wednesday afternoon, April 8, 2009, the community joined T. Boone Pickens at the Institute for a discussion about a nationwide sustainable energy plan, The Pickens Plan. Introductions were made by former Senator Bob Dole and by Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) at the meeting.
press release | photo journal | VIDEO

Sunday, April 5, 2009 at the Institute
8:00 a.m. - Part I .1:00 p.m. - Part II
"IRAQ: WHAT NEXT?"
VIDEO TELECONFERENCE
between the Dole Institute & Baghdad

With the war in Iraq entering its sixth year and President Obama promising to end combat operations in Iraq by 2010 many questions remain unanswered. This two-part teleconference will answer some of those questions.
PART I of the program will be a public discussion between regional college students here and students in Iraq (see program handout for names) about issues that concern young people on a global level, including the future of their nations and their world.
PART II of the program will be an interview by Bill Lacy of the following decision makers in Baghdad: Major General Qassim Atta, military spokesman for the Government of Iraq; Major General David Perkins, Director of Strategic Effects for the USA multi-national force in Iraq;
Dr. Ali al-Dabbaugh, spokesman for the Government of Iraq; and, U.S. Ambassador Adam Ereli in Iraq . This event is co-sponsored by the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, the Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth and the Dole Institute of Politics.
press release
program handout | photo journal |
KANSAN coverage | LJWorld coverage
Video Part I Students
Video Part II

Tuesday, March 10, 2009
“Spirit of 1976: Why the Presidential Campaign is a Classic”
JODY POWELL
SCOTT BURNETT
TIM KRAFT

Dole Institute Associate Director Jonathan Earle interviewed three "insiders" from President Jimmy Carter’s '76 Campaign & White House staff.
Jody Powell, Carter’s White House press secretary and confidant was featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1977 as one of “the President’s Boys” and is currently CEO of the public relations firm Powell Tate. Scott Burnett, director of the Presidential Speakers Bureau is the Dole Institute’s spring fellow and legislative chairman of the Jackson County, Missouri, legislature. Tim Kraft, key to Carter's Iowa and Pennsylvania primary wins in 1976, served as Carter's White House political liason. press release
C-SPAN overview of '76 Campaign

program handout | photo journal | video

Sunday, March 1, 2009
Former U.S. Solicitor General
PAUL CLEMENT
"Arguing the Government’s Case:
The Solicitor General in the Supreme Court"

Clement discussed his time as litigator under the Bush administration. He was interviewed by KU constitutional law professor Stephen McAllister. This program was co-sponsored by the Dole Institute of Politics, the KU School of Law and the KU student chapter of the Federalist Society | press release
VIDEO

Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Black History Month Event
“Barbara Jordan: Speaking the Truth
with Eloquent Thunder”
MAX SHERMAN

Max Sherman is Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. He is editor of a collection of Jordan’s most memorable speeches, “Barbara Jordan: Speaking the Truth with Eloquent Thunder” (Feb '07). As a friend and colleague of Jordan's for 25 years, both in the Texas Senate and at the LBJ School, Sherman knew the former Congresswoman well. He will discuss the context of who she was and why she was important, and the extent to which her message is still relevant in the 21st century. Barbara Jordan was the first African-American woman from the South to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. A book signing followed the lecture.
HEAR the audio voice of the late Barbara Jordan via this link.
press release | program handout
photo journal | VIDEO
NOTE: Max Sherman also lectured on KU's Edwards Campus
Wednesday, February 4, 2008 - Regnier Hall