Roanoke Times Editorial Praises Work of Sorensen Institute

May 6 2008 - 8:36am

An editorial in today's edition of the Roanoke Times praises the work of the Sorensen Institute. Titled, Civil Politics Shouldn't be an Oxymoron, the editorial reads in part,

By bringing together those with differing ideologies into the same classes, the institute has helped future leaders see issues from multiple perspectives...Americans deserve substantive campaigns. They deserve candidates who debate ideas rather than tear down their opponents with misleading attacks and slimey tactics. Sorensen has been doing what it can. Perhaps this PBS documentary, which will air in Charlottesville and Richmond later in the month and, we hope, across the nation later, will broaden the institute's reach.

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    Jody Wagner

    Political Leaders Program

    Class of 1994

    Jody serves as Secretary of Finance for the Commonwealth of Virginia, having been appointed by Governors Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. She is also a member of the Sorensen Institute's State Advisory Board.