Date: Tuesday 15 November 2011
Time: 6-8pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Christopher Ruddy
Discussant: Dr Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey
Chair: Professor Patrick Dunleavy

With the 2012 US presidential election looming large, the challenge for Republicans is to find a convincing candidate to oppose Barack Obama - someone who can translate disaffection with high levels of unemployment and the general economic malaise into votes for the conservative candidate. As founder and CEO of Newsmax Media, the most prominent and popular online conservative news media organisation in the US, Chris Ruddy has unique insight into the current state of American politics and the prospects for the Republican party to take back the White House.

Christopher Ruddy is the founder and CEO of Newsmax Media, one of the top conservative political news organisations in the US, described as a 'compass for conservative politics' by the New York Times. Newsweek named him as one of the US's top 20 news media personalities. He is an LSE alumnus, holding an M.Sc in Public Administration and Public Policy.

Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey is a Reader in Political Science at the LSE, with specific research interests in US politics and the political economy of trade and monetary policy.

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