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Q&A with Michael Kazin about American Optimism on CNN.com

by Andrew DeSio | Filed in: American History - Opinions - Political Science - Reference | 4:02pm EST

The Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History

Michael Kazin, editor of our pathbreaking new reference book The PRINCETON ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY, did a Q&A with CNN.com today on the intriguing recent survey that uncovered that 86% of Americans think their government is broken. Check out the Q&A here. The good news? 81% of Americans think it can be fixed.

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3 Responses

On February 25th, 2010 at 2:11 am Nathan Monk replied:

The 5% who think it can’t be fixed should be considered armed and dangerous. American’s don’t think that way.
On August 6th, 2010 at 12:17 am Brad Hollister replied:

Great Q&A. Thanks.
On January 14th, 2011 at 9:25 pm Melissa replied:

I have a question,

If you were a representative at the Constitutional Convention 1787, could you think an option that the representatives from the northern and southern states could have introduced instead of the 3/5 Compromise that would have received 9 out of 13 votes?

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