Newswise — Experts from Binghamton University, State University of New York, are available to discuss issues related to the 2008 presidential campaign, including 1) illegal immigration 2) the right of workers to organize and collectively bargain 3) economic globalization 4) campaign financing 5) voter turnout.

Listed with each source is a brief expertise description and views on the campaign.

David Louis CingranelliProfessor of Political Science

Expertise: Cingranelli has general expertise on the American Constitution and he maintains a longstanding research program focused on ethics and American public policies, with a particular interest in worker rights in America and globally. He has begun writing a book-length manuscript on the subject of workers' rights in America. He is qualified and willing to discuss the policy platforms of the candidates for the presidency.

On illegal immigration: Cingranelli argues that building a wall along the US-Mexico border is not a good way for the US government to "get control over the border" as many current Republican candidates for president contend. Instead, he believes the federal government should model its laws on those of the state of Arizona, which recently put into effect the nation's toughest law aimed at punishing employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. Deporting 10 million illegal immigrants is both impractical and morally repugnant. And this is not a national security issue as many candidates contend. Terrorists will always look for the weak point on the US border. If we build a wall on our border with Mexico, they will cross the border on the East or West coast or through the equally porous border with Canada.

On the right of workers to organize and collectively bargain: Cingranelli argues in favor of the Employee Free Choice Act. Numerous studies have shown that the low rate of unionization of America's private sector workers is mainly the result of employer directed anti-union campaigns rather than a lack of desire to form or join unions by American workers.

On what to do about economic globalization: Cingranelli agrees with Tom Friedman, that the economic world is getting flatter, but he doesn't think that this is a good thing for American workers. In the developed countries it will lead to an ever-smaller middle class and deterioration in the quality of democracy. In the developing countries, the consequences will be mixed. There will be more low skill jobs but there will also be more environmental degradation. Fair trade is a better strategy than free trade. Jonathan KrasnoAssociate Professor of Political ScienceDirector of Undergraduate Studies

Expertise: Krasno's research focuses on public opinion, congressional elections, campaigns and campaign financing.

On campaign finance: "I have been an expert witness in three cases that made it to the Supreme Court and am cited by the Court and by Congress.The bottom line is that financing is way overrated in campaigns is a bit sacrilegious. The conventional wisdom is probably close to right. Obama and Clinton's early millions have given them the opportunity to get organized beyond Iowa. Even if the dollars come pouring in now, not clear that Edward's 2nd place is enough to launch him beyond his organizational shortcomings in other states. On the GOP side, if Huckabee can't convert his victory into $$$, he'll have a hard time replicating his performance in Iowa." John McNultyAssistant Professor of Political Science

Expertise: McNulty's areas of interest include political behavior, voting behavior, campaigns and elections, political parties, American politics, technology and politics, and methodology.

On voter turnout: According to McNulty, the political landscape is strewn with the (metaphorical) corpses of candidates who counted on young voters to propel them to victory. "This tends to be a special conceit on the Democratic side of the aisle," said McNulty. "Howard Dean, Bill Bradley, Jerry Brown, Jesse Jackson, Gary Hart, Ted Kennedy, George McGovern, Eugene McCarthy - all of these candidates, to various degrees, hoped campus activism and the youth vote would vault them to upset victories in the Democratic presidential primaries. Not one of them made it work."

McNulty notes that the formula to reliably convert enthusiasm among younger people into votes has not yet been found. They don't turn out at high rates, nor do they vote as reliably Democratic as they're assumed to, although they do lean slightly more Democratic than the general populace. "Mostly, they vote like their parents...but less often," said McNulty. McNulty points out that although Barack Obama seems to be the 'campus' candidate in this cycle, he does not appear to be counting on it. "To indulge in pure speculation, perhaps since Obama is from a generation too young to have been immersed in the cauldron of Vietnam and Watergate, he sees the youth vote with clearer eyes," said McNulty.