Panel considers the future prospects of the Democratic Party

Feb. 27, 2006 -- Today, the Republican Party controls the presidency, the House, and the Senate, and the 2004 elections actually increased their margins in the Senate and House. The Republicans also hold more governorships, state senates, and state legislatures than Democrats. In fact, Democrats haven't been so clearly a minority party since Dwight Eisenhower's presidency in 1952.

What does that mean, and what other factors could change the prospects for the current minority party?

At a panel discussion for the Assembly Series to be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 1, five individuals will try to assess "The Future of the Democratic Party." The program, which is co-sponsored by the College Democrats at Washington University, is free and open to the public.

Panelists will include the Honorable Joseph Adams, mayor of University City; William Frievogel, veteran political reporter and now a professor at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Michael Minta, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science in Arts & Sciences at WUSTL, who will serve as moderator; Susan Turnbull, vice chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC); and Grant Woodard, national president of College Democrats of America.

For more information, visit the Assembly Series Web site at http://assemblyseries.wustl.edu, or call 314-935-4620.