Brendan Nyhan

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Brendan Nyhan
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.@jbplainblog debunks @mattbai "fantasy that once upon a time ‘party leaders’ picked candidates, while now the voters do" http://j.mp/gYzM5s
A plain blog about politics: Oy, Bai
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Despite hype about Obama not connecting, @mysterypollster shows he’s doing better than Clinton despite worse economy http://j.mp/fG5a0D
Obama’s Problem Is Not About ‘Connecting.’ It’s The Economy.
Washington’s political punditry remains taken with the notion that President Obama is failing to “connect” with average Americans. Yet polling data and political science tell us that Obama’s pro…
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RT @ProfStevenSmith: A Reporter’s Guide to Filibuster Reform: http://wc.wustl.edu/news/455
Reporter’s Guide to Filibuster Reform | Murray Weidenbaum Center
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Fox News and Betsy McCaughey hammering "death panels" again — video from @tpmmedia http://j.mp/i18X6N
Fox-deathpanel-returnb-cropped-proto-custom_2Fox News: Are Death Panels Back? Death Panels Are Back! | TPMDC
Fox News was all about “death panels” this week. No, it’s not 2009.
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Wow – Judy Miller joins Newsmax (http://j.mp/e3gt6H), home of quality journalism such as this: http://j.mp/feRWJB (via @kerrylauerman)
Terrorism, Money, and Drugs
Deck of Weasels Exposes America’s Worst
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I’m quoted in a Hill story on the potential effect of GOP cuts on Obama’s re-election http://j.mp/gJBxHH Reality is major cuts are unlikely
Liberals fear spending bill failure could come back to haunt Obama – The Hill’s On The Money
They argue Obama and congressional Democrats will come to regret not moving a yearlong continuing resolution or omnibus bill. Left-leaning think tanks already disappointed with President Obama’s…