The conservative take on Off Center

Posted By Daniel W. Drezner Monday, January 30, 2006 - 9:16 PM Share

The editors of The Forum -- Berkeley Electronic Press' online-only journal of applied research in contemporary politics -- had an interesting idea for how to review Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson's Off Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy. They asked the few Republican political scientists they knew what they thought of the...

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JAMES

9:53 PM ET

January 30, 2006

>"They asked the few

>"They asked the few Republican
political scientists they thought of the book,..."

Oops...Dan meant:

"They asked the few Republican
political scientists 'what' they thought of the book,..."

I think..I could be wrong.

JAMES

9:54 PM ET

January 30, 2006

Gee...Am being picky

Gee...Am being picky today...

ANDERSON

9:56 PM ET

January 30, 2006

I assume DD means

I assume DD means "complement" & that he & Pitney don't fluff out their reviews with log-rolling.

DAN DREZNER

9:58 PM ET

January 30, 2006

Whoops!! All should be fixed

Whoops!! All should be fixed now.

TOM HOLSINGER

12:29 AM ET

January 31, 2006

It would be nice if there was

It would be nice if there was a guest logon for the site with Dan's review.

PAUL PIERSON

3:45 AM ET

January 31, 2006

Actually, the lack of a

Actually, the lack of a response on our part is due to a really unfortunate breakdown at the Press. We really liked the idea of this kind of exchange. There is certainly a lot to talk about. We are eager to reply and will, although we are frustrated that our response won't be available simultaneously with your review.

DAN TOMPKINS

4:51 AM ET

January 31, 2006

"Hacker and Pierson are

"Hacker and Pierson are attempting something unusual and even laudatory in political science"

Laudable?

But I enjoyed the piece

Dan