Brendan Nyhan

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Josh Huder on the relationship between incivility and productivity in Congress http://j.mp/eAhim1 Causal inference issues but interesting
Can Incivility help Congress? | Rule22
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CNN shifts from Egypt coverage to … a new makeup line for tweens. @davidfolkenflik says better than Fox/MSNBC, but still. #cablepocalypse
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Surprise! Partisanship didn’t go away in wake of Tucson shootings
http://t.co/jBnXlxH
Arizona-thumbstandardTalk of Bipartisan Progress Fades in Arizona – Political Memo – NYTimes.com
As the days pass since the shooting spree, Arizona appears to be slipping back into its old ways.
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My post on Politico’s Arena blog about the Hawaii birther fee bill and the difficulty of correcting misperceptions http://j.mp/eQjAOe
Brendan Nyhan’s response to ‘Why won’t the birther issue die?’ – The Arena | POLITICO.COM
Brendan Nyhan’s response to ‘Why won’t the birther issue die?’
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Listen to @jbplainblog — way too much media coverage of press secretary hire relative to other new high-level staff http://j.mp/haB0F6
A plain blog about politics: Actual Press Bias
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Noonan: Obama "will get a bump from the speech. Presidents always do" http://j.mp/hLusvp False! http://j.mp/heqSPv This is a tiresome myth
An Unserious Speech Misses the Mark “… – Google News
Post-State of Union Obama Approval Uptick Would Be Atypical
Gallup historical data show that presidents rarely get meaningful increases in their approval ratings after the State of the Union address. Last year’s speech did not immediately improve Preside…
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Good @conor64 post on obligatory SOTU editorials http://j.mp/essgDF I’ll go further – let’s get rid of them all. Inevitably bland/boring.
Against Obligatory Editorials –
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

Homepage of the Atlantic Magazine Online Service
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.@mysterypollster: Positive reaction in instant polls "matched the usual pattern…for every SOTU address since 1998" http://j.mp/g88l1X
Instant Response Polls: Positive Response Is Typical, ‘Bump’ Is Not
The results of the instant snap polls by CBS News, CNN/ORC and the Democratic pollsters at Democracy Corps all show overwhelmingly positive responses to President Barack Obama’s State of the Uni…
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.@mysterypollster: Positive reaction in instant polls "matched the usual pattern…for every SOTU address since 1998" http://j.mp/g88l1X
Instant Response Polls: Positive Response Is Typical, ‘Bump’ Is Not
The results of the instant snap polls by CBS News, CNN/ORC and the Democratic pollsters at Democracy Corps all show overwhelmingly positive responses to President Barack Obama’s State of the Uni…