As an only occasional reader of Politico, I am late to the game on this one. But there are a number of political scientists contributing to “The Arena” — an ongoing discussion of sorts that features politicos, strategists, scholars, and others. The political scientists include Ross Baker, Jim Gimpel, Ken Goldstein, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Stephen Hess, Tom Mann, Joseph Nye, Norman Ornstein, Larry Sabato, Theda Skocpol, Josh Tucker, Stephen Walt, and Darrell West.
(Related: David Epstein is over at Huffington Post.)