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Six Ex-Politicos Named Spring IOP Fellows

Gore's former campaign manager, President Bush's former campaign media consultant and a Washington Post reporter are among this semester's spring residential fellows at the Institute of Politics (IOP).

Addressing a diverse range of pressing issues including minority education and campaign finance reform, the six political experts will spend the semester working with students in weekly study groups.

Donna Brazile, former manager of the Gore-Lieberman 2000 campaign, plans to discuss the multi-faceted problems of last fall's presidential election.

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Developing strategies that brought over 50 million Americans to

vote last November, Brazile was named Campaign Manager of the Year by Campaign and Elections Magazine.

Brazile, a veteran campaign strategist and political consultant, has also lectured at University of Marlyland/College Park and worked political talk shows.

Washington Post reporter Ceci Connolly, who covers national political issues including the 2000 election, will lead a political journalism workshop. Connolly, a native of Pennsylvania, contributes regularly to

Washingtonpost.com and was named, by Washingtonian Magazine, as one of the top 100 Rising Stars of 1999.

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