Marc Sandalow is a senior faculty member at the University of California’s Washington Program, where he has taught since 2008. He is the author of three books, including “Madam Speaker,” a biography of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He has been a journalist for over 30 years, including 21 years at the San Francisco Chronicle where he covered California politics and spent more than a decade as the paper’s Washington Bureau Chief. He is currently a political analyst for KCBS radio in San Francisco and Hearst Television and writes a weekly column for the San Francisco Examiner.