As many of you know, Richard Murray has taken us through this hurly burly Republican primary season. In September, he resumes his always fascinating and stimulating examination of American presidential politics. By that time the parties will have selected their nominees, and we will be down to the final decision. From what has occurred in the spring of 2012, it appears that the fall will offer us a vibrant and heated debate on where the American people want to go.

Richard Murray is just the person to sort out and make sense of the complicated issues and events before us. His judgments always seem to be just on the mark, and his predictions have been stunningly accurate. The insight he brings to the American landscape is a must for this political year. 

Professor Murray is the Bob Lanier Professor of Urban Public Policy and director of surveying for the Center for Public Policy at the University of Houston, where an endowed scholarship in his name was established.