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Huckabee: People who say Obama is "definitely going to be a one-term president" are "obviously political illiterates" http://bit.ly/ebVpmY
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| GOP reality check: Obama looking tougher to beat in 2012 – POLITICO.com Print View 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 f… |
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Brownstein polarization column (http://j.mp/hNLK4m) omits key context — bipartisan period was aberration driven by race: http://j.mp/fmywIF
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 NationalJournal.com – Pulling Apart – Sunday, February 27, 2011National Journal delivers the latest political news and analysis. National Journal ’s 2010 congressional vote ratings show that the differences within each party have narrowed and the distance… |
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| Missing context on growth in polarization – Brendan Nyhan Journalistic accounts of the rise of polarization like the one in Thursday’s New York Times almost always fail to provide two crucial pieces of context: 1. Partisan polarization has increased re… |
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.@conor64 on why the anti-Beck movement on the right is likely to fizzle (with notable exception of @davidfrum): http://j.mp/hPc6cf
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 Conservatives’ Glenn Beck Backlash Doesn’t Go Far Enough – The Daily BeastBill Kristol criticized the Fox News host’s Egypt coverage, and Rich Lowry and others are piling on. But the condemnations are unlikely to sprea d to the GOP mainstream—and favorites like Rush Li… |
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Another epitaph for journalistic responsibility on the Internet: "If it’s true we’ll find out. If it’s not, no big deal": http://j.mp/gw3US4
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| The story behind the “Roger Ailes indictment” story – Salon.com Mobile | ||
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Listen to @mattyglesias and John Sides — open primaries don’t seem to have much effect on polarization http://j.mp/gshDUb
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Full National Journal ratings are out: http://j.mp/f8ci3F Pretty pictures, crude methods. Ask UGA’s Keith Poole instead: http://j.mp/eqgsKV
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| NationalJournal.com – Vote Ratings 2010 National Journal delivers the latest political news and analysis. |
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Um, no facts are checked. MT @GlennKesslerWP Fact Checker: Lessons for GOP from 95-96 shutdown http://wapo.st/fjgoQS
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| Fact Checker – Lessons from the great government shutdown of 1995-1996 The 1995-1996 government shutdown was a traumatic defeat for Republicans. What lessons can the party’s lawmakers learn from history? |
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Misperception that Obama health care plan was repealed (22% yes, 26% DK) http://j.mp/fZfWX1 Does that defuse GOP anger? (via @jbplainblog)
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Legal analysis of whether WI state police have the authority to arrest Dem Senate members in hiding http://j.mp/g7Hwvn #wiunion
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More on unions — correlation of welfare spending rank and union membership http://j.mp/eK2eZm (as always, not necessarily causal)
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