The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Professor and Chair of Political Science at Hartwick College and Co-Director of Hartwick College's new Institute of Public Service Laurel Elder, Preceptor in Public Speaking for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, and Instructor in Strategic Communication and Public Relations for Harvard's Division of Continuing Education Terry Gipson, and Political Consultant and lobbyist Libby Post.