Mary Frances Berry
Civil Rights Activist and the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania

Charlie Cook is widely regarded as one of America’s most trusted experts on politics, non-partisan election forecasting, and congressional trends. In 1984, he founded The Cook Political Report, an independent publication often called "the bible of the political community" by journalists and politicians. In 1997, he also co-created the influential Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI). For nearly forty years, Cook served as Editor and Publisher of the newsletter before passing ownership and management to Amy Walter in 2021. He remains active with the publication, writes a weekly column for National Journal, and provides electoral analysis for NBC News. Dubbed "the Picasso of election analysis" by The Wall Street Journal, Cook is also a co-author of “The Almanac of American Politics” and a former Resident Fellow at the Harvard University Institute of Politics.
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Cook breaks down the latest happenings in Washington, D.C., offering a balanced look at current events, legislative gridlock, and the power dynamics between Democrats and Republicans in Congress.
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