 From my Twitter feed (4/8-4/13)Apr 13, 2011 at 1:32 PM |
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RT @blakehounshell: The lede here defies parody http://t.co/qj4yPaY
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 Pray. Hope. Prepare. – NYTimes.com Where does the Arab world go from here? |
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| Apr 13, 2011 at 10:42 AM | |
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Context for GOP concern over current field RT @mleewelch 8/91: “Democrats’ Distress Grows As Presidential Field Shrinks” http://is.gd/tVPO5P
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| Political Memo – Democrats’ Distress Grows As Presidential Field Shrinks – NYTimes.com Democrats struggled today to adjust to the last thing they needed six months before the Iowa caucuses: an already tiny Presidential field that keeps shrinking. As expected, Senator John D. Roc… | |
| Apr 13, 2011 at 2:07 AM | |
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RT @conor64: My critique of a Howard Kutz piece applies to much of Beltway political journalism http://bit.ly/eODyfg
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 The Coddling Of John McCain – Conor Friedersdorf – Politics – The Atlantic A recent profile of the Arizona Republican exemplifies much of what is wrong with establishment political reporting |
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| Apr 13, 2011 at 12:18 AM | |
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Less bad != good RT @AdamSerwer: Sure starting to sound less and less like Obama was the one who got rolled http://ampro.me/gU13Cg
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 NationalJournal.com – Budget Cutting Ain’t Easy – Tuesday, April 12, 2011 The meat of the spending deal struck between the two parties late Friday night was revealed in a legislative omnibus released early Tuesday morning. The specifics show that finding nearly $40 bi… |
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| Apr 12, 2011 at 8:34 PM | |
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Innovative tactics! MT @ModeledBehavior Will Trump cater to any other conspiracy theories? eg “Vote for me, I’ll release the Roswell files!”
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| Apr 12, 2011 at 8:31 PM | |
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Wow. RT @daveweigel CNN poll: Romney at 11%. Even if you remove Trump, Romney’s lost 27% of his support since 03/10. http://slate.me/fdpc2P
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| Weigel : CNN Poll: Trump in Front, Romney Tumbling The headline from CNN’s poll of 2012 is that Donald Trump has vaulted into a lead with Mike Huckabee. Another, alternate headline: Wow, what’s happening to Mitt Romney? (Inevitable caveat: Natio… | |
| Apr 12, 2011 at 4:52 PM | |
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RT @ProfJRoberts you of all people know that these polls are completely meaningless! // Trump yes, but Romney collapse might matter
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| Apr 12, 2011 at 5:06 PM | |
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RT @ProfJRoberts: @BrendanNyhan yes, just like Kerry’s collapse in ’04, and McCain’s in ’08. If the MSM rules someone out, I’m buying!
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| Apr 12, 2011 at 5:30 PM | |
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Important caveats to previous tweets — Romney still leading in NH, small samples, etc. RT @MysteryPollster http://huff.to/eNGgAU
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 Trump’s Polls: A Reality Check WASHINGTON – Donald Trump a 2012 presidential frontrunner? Seriously? |
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| Apr 12, 2011 at 5:30 PM | |
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Chait had same reaction as me to Romney poll: “His name recognition-driven support… will continue to peel off” http://j.mp/gFQeVA
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 Romney Death Watch | The New Republic The New Republic covers politics, culture, and the arts with a focus on the White House, foreign policy, Congress, Capitol Hill, Wikileaks, the lame duck session, literature, and more. |
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| Apr 13, 2011 at 2:11 AM | |
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Yet more Politco “analysis” of Romney’s hair/clothes: http://j.mp/gKqyzd Claims campaign strategically letting his hair get messed up
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 5 challenges for front-runner Mitt Romney – Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns The candidate’s early polling and pick-and-choose primary map betrays the precariousness of his position. |
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| Apr 12, 2011 at 1:18 PM | |
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MT @pewresearch ‘ridiculous’ most frequent (but far from toughest) word used to describe budget negotiations http://pewrsr.ch/fmidPW
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 Budget Negotiations in a Word – Pew Research Center The public has an overwhelmingly negative reaction to the budget negotiations that narrowly avoided a government shutdown. A weekend survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press … |
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| Apr 12, 2011 at 5:20 AM | |
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New study by my co-author Peter Ubel MT @phlu MDs Choose Different Treatments Than They Recommend for Their Patients http://t.co/BHEsfef
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 Physicians May Heal Themselves Differently – WSJ.com Doctors weigh treatment options differently when they’re deciding for themselves and when they’re making recommendations to patients, according to a new study. |
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| Apr 12, 2011 at 2:50 AM | |
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.@jmartpolitico continues the pathological focus on Romney’s clothes: http://politi.co/hDj08J See this post for more: http://j.mp/fKqu4i
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 Mitt Romney’s 2012 video clues – Jonathan Martin Jobs, geography and fashion sense are on display. |
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| Apr 12, 2011 at 12:02 AM | |
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After all the hype, it’s amazing how she’s just faded out – @stevekornacki on the declining fortunes of Sarah Palin http://j.mp/ga1BTW
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 War Room: What ever happened to Sarah Palin? With each passing day, her White House stock seems to decline. Does it even matter anymore if she runs? |
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| Apr 11, 2011 at 11:32 PM | |
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Will future presidents adopt Obama’s “hidden hand” strategy? http://j.mp/g88tup In a polarized age, public stands often inflame opposition.
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 NationalJournal.com – Like Ike – Friday, March 25, 2011 National Journal delivers the latest political news and analysis. How Barack Obama’s leadership style resembles Dwight Eisenhower’s. |
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| Apr 11, 2011 at 6:37 PM | |
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Via @smotus, a generally good article on “What does it really mean when you make up your mind to vote for a candidate?” http://j.mp/gV8jUf
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 Casting about for Your Vote | CAA What does it really mean when you make up your mind to vote for a candidate? . Maybe you flinched when you heard it. Or fought the thought of moving to Canada. Or maybe the expression made perfe… |
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| Apr 11, 2011 at 6:32 PM | |
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When will people learn that pricing tickets below market just gives $ to scalpers? http://j.mp/eTmtI1 If you don’t want it, give to charity.
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 How to Increase Revenue at Next Restaurant « Cheap Talk A blog about economics, politics and the random interests of forty-something professors |
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| Apr 11, 2011 at 5:21 PM | |
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New NBER paper on the effects of capping individual tax expenditure benefits http://j.mp/g8tpPo
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| Capping Individual Tax Expenditure Benefits This paper analyzes a new way of reducing the major individual tax expenditures: capping the total amount that tax expenditures as a whole can reduce each individual’s tax burden. More specifica… | |
| Apr 11, 2011 at 5:20 PM | |
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Playbook: Ayers hire “boost for…Pawlenty campaign, which needed some buzz” http://j.mp/erBMcf Um, staff can’t solve this one…
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 POLITICO Playbook Budget deal has increases for Obama |
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| Apr 11, 2011 at 3:19 PM | |
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New Fox poll flagged by @daveweigel finds 40% of Americans think there is “cause to wonder where [Obama] was born” http://j.mp/dUWqOd
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| Weigel : Poll Result of the Day: 40 Percent Say It’s Okay to Question Obama’s Birthplace From Fox News, in a poll of 914 registered voters: When you consider that only 24 percent of people doubt Obama’s citizenship — 34 percent of conservatives, 37 percent of Republicans, 41 percen… | |
| Apr 11, 2011 at 1:37 PM | |
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I’ve been skeptical of unrealistic claims about what Obama can get from Congress but @jonathanchait is on the $ here http://bit.ly/ez35oP
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 Obama Needs A Better Hostage Rescue Strategy | The New Republic The New Republic covers politics, culture, and the arts with a focus on the White House, foreign policy, Congress, Capitol Hill, Wikileaks, the lame duck session, literature, and more. |
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| Apr 11, 2011 at 1:18 PM | |
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NYU’s Adam Bonica estimates Kloppenburg’s and Prosser’s ideology (WI Supreme Ct.) based on campaign contributions http://j.mp/feJ9pf
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 Judicial Ideology and The Wisconsin Supreme Court Election « Ideological Cartography The Wisconsin Supreme Court election between Justice David Prosser and Assistant Attorney General JoAnn Kloppenburg has received more media attention than any state judicial election in recent m… |
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| Apr 11, 2011 at 11:55 AM | |
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There is no middle ground here. MT @jstrevino Palin trying to split the difference on Obama’s birth certificate: http://abcn.ws/gWOz2t
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 Sarah Palin Supports Trump’s Birther Efforts – George Stephanopoulos’ Bottom Line John Berman Reports: Donald Trump has at least one high profile supporter when it comes to his loud and frequent questioning of the circumstances of President Obama’s birth: Sarah Palin. On the … |
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| Apr 10, 2011 at 3:23 PM | |
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New QJE paper finds access to payday loans “leads to increased difficulty paying mortgage, rent and utilities bills” http://j.mp/eKZfei
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| The Real Costs of Credit Access: Evidence from the Payday Lending Market* Quarterly Journal of Economics Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Using geographic differences in the availability of payday loans, I estimate the real effects of credit acces… | |
| Apr 10, 2011 at 5:42 PM | |
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New research by my friends Michael Heaney & Fabio Rojas on partisan dynamics in antiwar protests (ie the vanishing Dems) http://j.mp/ehrPd5
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| Views: Antiwar No More? – Inside Higher Ed Whatever happened to the peace movement? Scott McLemee looks at new research on the collapse of a cause. |
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| Apr 10, 2011 at 2:10 PM | |
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RT @MysteryPollster How plausible is Waukesha WI bombshell? Very, say turnout stats and history http://t.co/75iwdMe Plus interactive plot!
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 Wisconsin Election Bombshell: How Plausible? UPDATE: 11:20 p.m. — Perhaps the most convincing evidence so far that human error explains the initial omission of Brookfield’s results comes from our colleagues at the Brookfield Patch. On ele… |
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| Apr 9, 2011 at 3:42 PM | |
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Balz: Dems “forced to agree to much larger spending cuts” to not “appear resistant to popular will” http://j.mp/h5f2y7 Missing: GOP House.
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 Budget fight shows Washington still broken Despite the last-minute deal, the confrontation over the budget showed Washington’s worst side. No one is likely to benefit politically. |
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| Apr 9, 2011 at 1:46 PM | |
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Gail Collins devotes her column to debunking Trump’s birtherism — good for her: http://j.mp/ga7PNU See also Politifact: http://j.mp/f3ix2Y
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 Donald Trump Strikes Back – NYTimes.com In a Letter to the Editor, he covers all his issues with Barack Obama’s citizenship status. And he complains about being referred to as a “birther.” |
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 PolitiFact | All statements involving Donald Trump PolitiFact.com is a project of the St. Petersburg Times to help you find the truth in Washington and the Obama presidency. |
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| Apr 9, 2011 at 12:40 PM | |
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John Sides continues to set the record straight on the 1995-96 shutdowns and Clinton approval at @monkeycageblog http://j.mp/dT141W
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 Yet More on the Shutdowns and Clinton Approval ChrisBowers |
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| Apr 9, 2011 at 1:09 AM | |