"There are a lot of things that make it tough for mayors to emerge as presidential candidates and I think its because of the fact that their records are always going to be impeachable, and the constituencies that they tend to represent have a harder time being seen around the rest of the country," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science. 

Danielle Thomsen, assistant professor of political science, says the formula for gaining long term power in Congress is "not a huge mystery," referring to the crucial nature of repeatedly winning re-election in politically safe districts to advance in party leadership.

Michael Barkun comments on the persistence of conspiracy theories, stating "they never die, they have remarkable resilience" in the Washington Jewish Week article "Where do these conspiracy theories come from?"