Michael K. Fauntroy, an assistant professor of public policy at George Mason University, is the author of Republicans and the Black Vote, which analyzes the historical relationship between African Americans and the GOP. He is also the author of Home Rule or House Rule? Congress and the Erosion of Local Governance in the District of Columbia, and his next book, Going, Going, Gone? The Politics of Civil Rights Enforcement will be published in 2009. Prior to joining the faculty at GMU, Fauntroy was an analyst at the Congressional Research Service (CRS), providing research and consultations for members and committees of Congress. From 1993 to 1996, he was a civil rights analyst at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, where he conducted research on major civil rights issues. A regular contributor to The Huffington Post, he has been published in The Washington Times, TomPaine.com, The Black Commentator, The Chicago Defender, The Topeka Capital Journal, and The Root. He has been a weekly contributor to “The Cliff Kelley Show” on WVON-AM in Chicago since 2005 and is a frequent commentator on national issues for radio and television networks including ABC (World News Tonight), CBS (Evening News and Saturday Early Show), CNN (American Morning), MSNBC (Hardball), Fox News (Hannity and Colmes), NBC (Nightly News and Today), Comcast (Your Morning), National Public Radio (Talk of the Nation, Tell Me More, and News and Notes), and others.