I like @JMS111 's rec to at least look into U. of Delaware. I’m an unabashed lover of LACs, but honors colleges are definitely causing people like me to fall silent. Sort of hard to make the you’ll-be-treated-as-a-number-and-solely-taught-by-TAs-in-ginormous-classrooms argument when one is receiving the same personal treatment that one finds at an LAC in a solid honors program.
Plus, U of Delaware has very strong PS/IR programs, and the school has graduated a veritable who’s who list of politicians and political thinkers (Joe Biden, Chris Christie, Steve Schmidt).