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 From my Twitter feed (9/16-9/22)Sep 22, 2011 at 12:31 PM |
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RT @bpump: Is this the first time a political scientist has been portrayed on Broadway? Gary Segura: Pioneer. http://t.co/HmXEMn8S
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| Sep 22, 2011 at 1:15 AM | |
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Marit finds Palin down 5 vs Obama http://j.mp/qqWE1y Total outlier http://j.mp/nX68nh Also, too early for trial heats! http://j.mp/nURVHx
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 Poll finds Obama losing ground to Republicans – Political Currents – MiamiHerald.com WASHINGTON — Look out President Barack Obama. Even Sarah Palin’s gaining on you. A new McClatchy-Marist poll finds that Obama looks increasingly vulnerable in next year’s election, with a major… |
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| WH2012: General See also: Rating the contenders USA Today/Gallup Poll. Sept. 15-18, 2011. N=889 registered voters nationwide. Margin of error ą 4. “Suppose the election were being held today. If Barack Obama we… | |
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| Sep 21, 2011 at 3:57 PM | |
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Yet more Friedman 3rd party hype to
dayhttp://t.co/03jvJH5P Part of a long pattern http://t.co/6GF3iY7b Could be a candidate, but won’t win |
 Are We Going to Roll Up Our Sleeves or Limp On? – NYTimes.com Our country faces a big choice right now. We can either have a hard decade or a bad century. |
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| Sep 21, 2011 at 1:35 PM | |
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Hacked-up Heritage “analyst” says Clinton job growth due to ’97 capital gains tax cuts http://j.mp/qP9ITu Name 1 serious analyst who agrees
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 Obama’s Tax on Millionaires – NYTimes.com Conservatives strongly oppose President Obama’s call for a tax on millionaires, but there are signs that Americans may be more open to the idea, which is popular in Europe. |
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| Sep 21, 2011 at 12:51 PM | |
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RT @GrahamDavidA: RT @rebeccadana: “As a writer, Mr. Friedman is best known for his galloping assaults on Strunk and White’s Rule No. 9.” http://t.co/5sIpuch1
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 Shovel-Ready Shibboleths ‘That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back” is a landmark in American popular literature: It is the first book by Thomas L. |
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| Sep 21, 2011 at 3:11 PM | |
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Compare the GOP’s jawboning of the Fed http://j.mp/r6mREb to Obama’s passivity, especially on Fed appointments http://j.mp/qxQeIf (PDF p. 4)
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 G.O.P. Urges No Further Fed Stimulus – NYTimes.com Despite the limping economy, the Republican Congressional leadership wants Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, to avoid further stimulus. |
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| Sep 21, 2011 at 12:48 PM | |
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Dogs that haven’t barked: Back in the mid-1990s, no one would have believed that the repeal of DADT would be such a minor issue (so far)
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| Sep 21, 2011 at 2:18 AM | |
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Will patent law become a bipartisan issue? MT @binarybits If you’re an Natl. Review subscriber, don’t miss my article on software patents
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| Sep 21, 2011 at 2:15 AM | |
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Missed this one last week: Ornstein and Mann on “The pitfalls of a third-party candidacy” http://j.mp/n3GDcO (via @jbplainblog)
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 The pitfalls of a third-party candidacy Twitter to sell political advertising U.S. hikers released from Iran jail Fact checker: Obama, taxes and the ‘Buffett… U.S. assembling secret drone bases in Africa… The ‘Buffett Rule’ is bad… |
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| Sep 20, 2011 at 6:33 PM | |
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Brutal. WH should be scared. RT @JimPethokoukis: IMF expects US economy to grow just 1.5% in 2011, 1.8% in 2012 (via @JustinWolfers)
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| Sep 20, 2011 at 2:49 PM | |
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Via @planetmoney http://j.mp/nOJhZs an amusing/bizarre European Central Book cartoon for kids on evils of inflation http://j.mp/mRMOx2
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 The Economic Catastrophe That Germany Can’t Forget : NPR For troubled European countries, the European Central Bank could be like a giant ATM. After all, the ECB has the unique ability to print unlimited amounts of euros. It could lend that money to t… |
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 ECB: Cartoon on price stability for schools Teaching economics to young teenagers? Then this kit about price stability might help. It consists of an 8-minute cartoon, a pupil’s leaflet, which explains price stability in simple terms, and … |
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| Sep 20, 2011 at 1:55 PM | |
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Closely related to my series on wacky government agency mascots for kids http://j.mp/nR1U1e http://j.mp/qDqLVW
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 Stimulus for government mascots! – Brendan Nyhan Back in 2006, I poked fun at silly government agency websites for kids (here, here, and here), which included feature lovable mascots such as Rex the “flashlight-toting mountain lion” from the D… |
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| More wacky govt. kids mascots – Brendan Nyhan Back in February, I mocked (here and here) the silly cartoon mascots of government websites for children, which included Rex the mountain lion from the Department of Homeland Security: Herman, t… |
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| Sep 20, 2011 at 1:56 PM | |
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NYT: “the harm to public health may have already been done” by Bachmann’s false HPV claims http://j.mp/nEgUcS
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| Sep 20, 2011 at 1:35 PM |
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Roberts on @MorningEdition: Obama firing econ staff would be admission of ownership of the econ. Reality: Presidents always held responsible
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| Sep 19, 2011 at 12:25 PM | |
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Cokie Roberts on @MorningEdition: Obama needs independents to be re-elected. False! Last 3 close winners lost indies http://j.mp/onXNBg
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 Larry J. Sabato’s Crystal Ball » Setting the Record Straight: Correcting Myths about Independent Voters Alan I. Abramowitz, Senior Columnist July 7th, 2011 There they go again. The presidential campaign season is barely under way but already pundits and pollsters are making misleading claims about… |
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| Sep 19, 2011 at 12:24 PM | |
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More independents think global warming is occurring, but those who don’t have become more certain in their beliefs http://j.mp/ovEvOK
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 Global Warming: Is Polarization a Good Thing? Joe Romm is already on this, but I too note an important new poll from Stanford showing the public is shifting into the pro-global warming camp…or at least, the not-particularly-radical center o… |
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| Sep 19, 2011 at 11:37 AM | |
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Everyone’s a pundit MT @MysteryPollster 19% less likely to support Perry b/c “Ponzi” but 37% say will “hurt… chances” http://t.co/kT21aLuo
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 Perry “Ponzi Scheme” Remark Doesn’t Faze Most Republicans PRINCETON, NJ — Texas Gov. and presidential candidate Rick Perry’s comments on Social Security, which include calling it a “Ponzi scheme,” appear to be a non-issue for most Republicans. However… |
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| Sep 17, 2011 at 12:55 AM | |
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Difference is underlying fundamentals are vastly less favorable MT @RyanLizza Obama story fall 2011 looks remarkably similar to fall 2007
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| Sep 17, 2011 at 12:17 AM | |
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RT @jeffzeleny: How does Obama’s 43% approval compare? At this point, Carter 31, Reagan 46, GHWB, 70, Clinton 48, GWB 52. NYT Poll: http://t.co/FNhiHoGp
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| Obama’s Support Is Slipping, Poll Finds, But His Jobs Plan Is Well Received – NYTimes.com President Obama’s support is eroding among elements of his base, and Republicans have not coalesced around a candidate, a New York Times/CBS News poll found. |
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| Sep 17, 2011 at 12:15 AM | |
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I’ll believe it when I see it – hype every cycle RT @benpolitico: C Todd thinks Perry-Obama will invite a 3rd candidate http://t.co/Mbs6wtpH
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 Chuck Todd: If Perry wins nomination, expect a 3rd party challenge Appearing on Tony Kornheiser’s ESPN radio show Wednesday, NBC News’ Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd predicted that if Rick Perry wins the Republican nomination, a “semi-credible indep… |
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| Sep 16, 2011 at 2:55 PM | |
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Democrats’ performance in the 2010 election doesn’t look as bad in comparative perspective – look at Hungary & Ireland! http://j.mp/qfkeo6
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 Enik Rising: The economy and the vote: It ain’t just America Seen in this light, the Democrats here in the U.S. only underperformed very slightly. |
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| Sep 16, 2011 at 2:53 PM | |
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2010 prediction: Obama’s staff will be blamed for his problems http://j.mp/c9Fe3v Carville 2011: Fire the staff! http://j.mp/pwCepT
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 What should the White House do? Panic! – CNN.com By James Carville, CNN Contributor updated 11:05 AM EST, Sun September 18, 2011 Editor’s note: James Carville is a Democratic strategist who serves as a political contributor for CNN, appearing … |
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| Sep 16, 2011 at 2:50 PM | |