A new conference, The American Election 2012: Contexts and Consequences, has been organized for the purpose of analyzing both the strategic and tactical choices that went into the successes and failures of the 2012 presidential and congressional campaigns, and the purpose of discussing what the outcomes of the election portend for the future of American politics, governmental policies, and American culture. The conference will be hosted by Saint Anselm College and its New Hampshire Institute of Politics, and will be held March 15-16. The keynote speaker for the conference will be Dante Chinni, journalist and author of Our Patchwork Nation: The Surprising Truth About The Real America. The website for the conference is…