In a CNBC.com op-ed, Temple economist William Dunkelberg criticized the lack of lack of ideological diversity among the governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System. "Six of the seven governors of the Federal Reserve System have been picked by President Obama, raising questions about the true diversity of views that will be presented at Board and Federal Open Market Committee meetings," wrote Dunkelberg. "It wasn't supposed to work that way. Governors were given 14 year terms to insulate them from 'politics.'"

"The American political dance has the tendency to transform even the most upstanding citizens into prepubescent teenagers," wrote Temple School of Communications and Theater student Ali Watkins in an Inquirer op-ed lamenting negative ads and campaign tantrums. "If candidates aren't going to educate the public before November, then it is imperative that voters start to educate themselves and leave Governor Romney and President Obama to fight in the sandbox."