Elaine Kamarck

Elaine Kamarck is a professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She was Vice President Al Gore’s senior policy adviser.

Left Behind

Rural America no longer has “plundering bosses.”

  • Elaine Kamarck

The Devolution of the Modern President

Trump may be egregious, but he is also a symptom of a much bigger problem facing modern presidents: the inability to govern.

  • Elaine Kamarck

The Fragile Legacy of Barack Obama

Obama refused to fight the political battles necessary to forge sustainable policies and a presidential legacy.

  • Elaine Kamarck

The Third Rail

To build public goods, policy must attend to the American context.

  • Elaine Kamarck

Response to How Can Democrats Win

The Democratic Party has not lost its soul.

  • Elaine Kamarck
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