Political Pundit to Speak at Ohio Dominican University

Eleanor Clift Visits ODU as Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow

January 24, 2006

COLUMBUS, OH – Journalist and Woodrow Wilson Foundation Visiting Fellow Eleanor Clift will speak at Ohio Dominican University on Wednesday, February 22 at 7:30 p.m. in The Sister Mary Andrew Matesich Theatre. There will be a book signing immediately following the lecture.

A contributing editor for Newsweek, Clift reports on the White House, presidential politics, conflicts over economic and domestic policies and priorities on Capitol Hill. She is a former deputy Washington bureau chief and White House correspondent for Newsweek. Her column, "Capitol Letter," is posted each week on Newsweek.com and MSNBC.com.

Clift is a regular panelist on the nationally syndicated show, “The McLaughlin Group”, and a political analyst for Fox News Network. According to Brill's Content, a journalism review, she is one of the most accurate predictors among the pundits on political talk shows.

Clift's latest book, Founding Sisters, tells the story of the long struggle for passage of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. She and her late husband, Tom Brazaitis, a Washington columnist for the (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, co-authored two books, War Without Bloodshed: The Art of Politics and Madam President: Shattering the Last Glass Ceiling.

Clift will be on campus the entire week meeting with students and faculty. Her visit is sponsored by Ohio Dominican University and Fifth Third Bank in cooperation with 820 WOSU-AM and WCBE 90.5 FM.

The Matesich Theatre is located in Erskine Hall on ODU’s main campus, 1216 Sunbury Road. The event is free and open to the public, however tickets are required. Please contact the Office of the President for tickets and more information at (614) 251-4561 or email earlsk@ohiodominican.edu.

The Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows Program was established to encourage the flow of ideas between the academic and non-academic sectors of society, and to connect a liberal education with the world beyond the campus. Each year, Fellows spend a week on the campuses of small liberal arts universities, helping students and professors relate education to the needs of American society. Through classes, seminars, workshops, lectures, and informal discussions, Fellows, students, and faculty foster a greater understanding between the academic and non-academic worlds.