"The Permanent Campaign" was written by Norman J. Ornstein and Amy S. Mitchell.
             This article appeared first in The World & I, in January 1997.
             Norman Ornstein is regarded as one of our nation's foremost experts on Congress.
             Mr. Ornstein received a Ph.D.. from the University of Michigan, he writes for the New
             York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, and he has a regular column in Roll Call
             newspaper called "Congress Inside Out". Mr. Ornstein is also an election analyst for
             CBS and appears frequently on television shows including the Today Show, Nightline
             and the Mac Neil/Lehre News Hour where he has been a consultant and contributor for
             Mr. Ornstein is a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public
             Policy Research and is also an advisor and member of the Free TV for Straight Talk
             coalition. The coalition is a group of 80 leaders from the worlds of politics, corporations,
             broadcast journalism, the entertainment industry and public interest groups. They
             support giving political candidates free air time on TV to promote their political views
             without the media's input. He has authored or co-authored recent books such as How We
             Can Get Out of It, Debt and Taxes: How America Got Into Its Budget Mess, and
             Intensive Care: How Congress Shapes Health Policy.
             Amy Mitchell is a journalist whom graduated from Georgetown University, she
             has written may articles concerning government and the media and was a congressional
             associate at the American Enterprise Institute for four years. She is now the staff director
             of the Committee of Concerned Journalists. The CCJ is an organization of editors,
             producers, reporters, and producers whom are concerned with the future of the media.
             They believe that right now is a crucial moment in American journalism and it is time to
             sit down and talk about the core principles and function of journalism.
             The Arti...