... interactions and was rarer still when cameras were rolling. "I was amazed how unfunny he was on the campaign trail," said Darrell West, a vice president at the Washington-based Brookings Institution think tank and author of "Celebrity Politics ...

... leader Tom Daschle, Obama's first pick for health secretary, owed $140,000 in back income taxes and interest. Darrell West, director of governance studies at the Brookings Institution, a think tank, said Obama was setting "Mother Teresa ...

... the party adopted a more conservative, anti-abortion platform. But Brown University political science professor Darrell West said he doesn't see Keyes with a large role in this year's general campaign between Bush and Democrat Al Gore ...

... suggests they may harbor concerns. "You go on the attack when you're worried about your opponent coming up," said Darrell West, who studies political advertising at Brown University. "What this tells me is he expects the race to stay competitive ...

... suggests they may harbor concerns. "You go on the attack when you're worried about your opponent coming up," said Darrell West, who studies political advertising at Brown University. "What this tells me is he expects the race to stay competitive ...

... Association. "Celebrities often have assumed political roles, but it's becoming more frequent all the time," says Darrell West, director of the Center for Public Policy and American Institutions at Brown University and co-author of the book ...

... Voters are going to scan down the list. If they recognize a name they're going to vote for that person,'' said Darrell West, chairman of the political science department at Brown University. ''It's actually not that surprising given how ...