What a COURAGEOUS guy to speak SO OPENLY about his scholarly failures!
https://twitter.com/fgilardi/status/1265943878034743296
He published in AJPS and then writes on Twitter:
"Since there was a discussion about rejections the other day: this paper was rejected by the APSR -- twice. The first time very narrowly (we got a reject & resubmit), the second time (after improvements!) more clearly. I do believe the process (at APSR & AJPS) improved the paper."