 From my Twitter feed (5/6-5/12)May 12, 2011 at 11:31 AM |
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Abramowitz: whites high in racial resentment view Obama more negatively, more likely to question that he was born in US http://j.mp/mFiTYG
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 Larry J. Sabato’s Crystal Ball » The Race Factor: White Racial Attitudes and Opinions of Obama Alan I. Abramowitz, Senior Columnist May 12th, 2011 In 2008, Barack Obama used massive majorities among African Americans and other nonwhites to overcome a large deficit among white voters and w… |
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| May 12, 2011 at 11:29 AM | |
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Why political scientists treat politicians as strategic and career-motivated: http://j.mp/igBkLE
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 Dick Lugar Futilely Pleads For His Senate Seat | The New Republic There seems to be no dignified end for the Republican Senator facing a right-wing primary challenge. Arlen Specter took the best shot he had to survive: cut a deal to switch parties. It didn’t w… |
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| May 12, 2011 at 10:42 AM | |
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John Sides and The Monkey Cage: Blogger of The Year – The Week http://j.mp/m4CIBo (via @smotus)
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 John Sides and The Monkey Cage: Blogger of The Year – The Week posted on May 10, 2011, at 5:55 PM Nate Silver became a superstar during the 2008 election by bringing serious statistical rigor to the horse-race coverageof presidential polling. |
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| May 12, 2011 at 10:39 AM | |
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Signs of the apocalypse – top Google search result for Madagascar is the 2008 Dreamworks sequel http://j.mp/mfafO3
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| May 11, 2011 at 11:51 PM | |
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RT @smotus: Gingrich, 1994: “People like me are what stand between us & Auschwitz. I see evil all around me every day.” http://bit.ly/fZCBdD
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 Newt in His Own Words: 33 Years of Bomb-Throwing 1987 Gingrich takes to the House floor to decry…pretty much everything about the Democratic-run House: “After the first five months of this Congress, I must report to my fellow citizens that thi… |
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| May 11, 2011 at 8:25 PM | |
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Krugman sums up the fed. govt. in budgetary terms: “basically an insurance company for old people that also has an army” http://j.mp/jDx9Ku
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| Why Spending Must Rise Age and doctors. | |
| May 11, 2011 at 5:02 PM | |
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Poll-based GOP primary forecasts by @fivethirtyeight: http://j.mp/ljmAkM My concerns re: predictive value of early polls: http://j.mp/mk2IU8
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| A Polling-Based Forecast of the Republican Primary Field Two models used in tandem help us size up the unusually wide-open 2012 G.O.P. field — and disagree with the bettors on Intrade in some notable respects. | |
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| May 11, 2011 at 2:56 PM | |
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More Foxification of MSNBC: Rachel Maddow distorting Sunday show guest lists as biased against Dems http://j.mp/k0UYbA
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| http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh0 51011.html Krugman nails the elites: We strongly recommend Paul Krugmans column about the work of our willful elites. To read it, just click here. Tomorrow, well provide an important service! Well exten… | |
| May 11, 2011 at 1:17 PM | |
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Great headline from @jonathanchait: “Alan Simpson Angered By Math” http://j.mp/kIq7dE
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| Alan Simpson Angered By Math | The New Republic Alan Simpson has been arguing that longer life expectancy since 1935 requires a fundamental rethinking of Social Security. Ryan Grim gets Simpson on the phone and tries to explain the statistics… |
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| May 11, 2011 at 12:25 PM | |
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Implausible hype of Obama contesting Texas — good luck with that http://j.mp/lkBEen
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| http://j.mp/lkBEen POLITICO covers political news with a focus on national politics, Congress, Capitol Hill, the 2008 presidential race, lobbying, advocacy, and more. POLITICO’s in-depth coverage includes video fe… | |
| May 11, 2011 at 12:22 PM | |
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My guess is this will evaporate like Obama bounce MT @rmichaelalvarez Gallup: US Economic Confidence Spikes on OBL Death http://j.mp/muyqaP
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| http://j.mp/muyqaP Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index improved 10 points in the week after bin Laden’s death, May 2-8, resulting in the best weekly confidence level since mid-February. Thirty-seven percent of Amer… | |
| May 10, 2011 at 2:44 PM | |
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Clearly, we need a poll on whether to poll about the polls MT @stevebenen Polling about Obama polls http://bit.ly/lduLRV (via @GrahamDavidA)
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| Political Animal – Don’t poll about polls I’ve read the report a few times, and as best as I can tell, this isn’t a joke. Most voters believe the popularity boost President Obama has received following the killing of Osama bin Laden wil… | |
| May 9, 2011 at 6:12 PM | |
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More optimistic finding on accuracy of opt-in Internet polls RT @CCESTweet: New report on 2010 multi-mode study http://j.mp/jgzt0y (PDF)
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| http://projects.iq.harvard.edu /cces/files/ansolabehere_schaf fner_mode.pdf | |
| May 9, 2011 at 1:11 PM | |
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MT @GOP12: The more $ & education you have, the more likely you are to support Romney. Poorer & uneducated favor Palin http://bit.ly/jSiTn4
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| GOP 12: Income, education strong predictor of Romney, Palin’s support | |
| May 9, 2011 at 1:08 PM | |
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Hilarious WP overanalysis of Sit Room pic: “choice of a wrap rather than a slice of bread…strikes me as very Bush-era” http://j.mp/l
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| http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh0 50611.html Watching us become like them/Exceptionalism edition: Good lord! The Washington Posts Style section has always been the place you go to watch big scribes make fools of themselves. But yesterda… | |
| May 9, 2011 at 12:32 PM | |
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Also, don’t miss analyses from noted nat. sec. experts including Post’s dance critic, design writer, & Miss Manners: http://j.mp/kprEeq
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 http://j.mp/kprEeq A tour of everything you need to know about the action in the photo and the specs of the room — from its gadgetry, to its cultural representations on TV and film, to its interior design — from… |
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| May 9, 2011 at 12:36 PM | |
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Interesting field experiment RT @Harvard: Where we live and who we know can affect voting patterns http://hvrd.me/iC8my2
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 The influence of neighbors Ryan Enos is out to prove that how people naturally organize themselves in the space they live in can have huge political significance. According to Enos, an assistant professor of government at… |
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| May 8, 2011 at 9:17 PM | |
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16th (!) Gail Collins mention of Mitt Romney putting his dog on the roof of his car http://j.mp/mkqhMY This is getting pathological…
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 The Spring Quiz – NYTimes.com Spring is in the air, and it’s time to see how well you have been paying attention to the news. No cheating allowed! |
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| May 7, 2011 at 12:47 PM | |
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Dear @SurveyUSA, asking about racist attacks on Obama before a birther Q is probably not a good idea http://j.mp/krYnmP (via @ArgoJournal)
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| SurveyUSA News Poll #18131 | |
| May 7, 2011 at 12:03 AM | |
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Another kind of backfire effect RT @WSJIdeasMarket “No Smoking” Signs Actually Make Smokers Want Cigarettes More http://bit.ly/lH1XSM
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 “No Smoking” Signs Actually Make Smokers Want Cigarettes More – Culture – GOOD Though practically everyone in America knows that you can’t smoke in subways and office buildings anymore, for whatever reason, that hasn’t cut down on the prevalence of those bright red “No Smo… |
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| May 6, 2011 at 11:59 PM | |