PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — The following scholars are available for expert analysis and commentary on issues relating to the 2010 midterm elections, including local and national races, ballot questions, and implications of the midterms for future congressional legislation and presidential elections.

For additional information or to arrange interviews, please contact Deborah Baum , media relations specialist, at (401) 863-2478.

Historian, librarian, and writer Ted Widmer was a foreign policy speechwriter and senior adviser to President Clinton, and is senior research fellow of the New America Foundation. He is a frequent contributor to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The New York Observer. Widmer is available to comment on presidential history, major speeches, the history of American politics, and the political history of Rhode Island.