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Nani Indrajani T. and Anggie Angeline (Petra Christian): The Types of Argument Structure Used by Hillary Clinton in the CNN Democratic Presidential Debate. Are voters truly sophisticated and rational decision makers? Apparently not — their choices are heavily influenced by superficial, nonverbal cues, such as politicians' appearance. Aaron Renn on the referendum voting: Democracy or disease? Scientists design a more efficient democratic voting system. A review of Numbers Rule: The Vexing Mathematics of Democracy, from Plato to the Present by George G. Szpiro. Saved by the crown: What monarchs offer modern democracy. A review of The Political Morality of Liberal Democracy by Michael J. Perry. From Liberty, Brian Gladish on marketing morality: Competition brings better results in business — why wouldn't it do so in the judiciary as well? Civil servants can make decisions that are better for the long-term good of the country than elected officials can, right?: A review of The Logic of Discipline by Alasdair Roberts. Why not license politicians seeking public office? A panel on Filibustering: A Political History of Obstruction in the House and Senate by Gregory Koger. From CJR, embrace the wonk: Greg Marx on a new opportunity for reporters and political scientists (and more: What if political scientists covered the news?); and more lessons from political science: How understanding the horse race can keep us from obsessing over it. From The Monkey Cage, is 538.com good for political science? For his "Political Science Senior Capstone" course during the spring semester of 2010, Northeastern's Michael Tolley had his students explore the major areas of research and scholarship in political science about the presidency of George W. Bush; some of the papers are now online.