Brendan Nyhan

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Brendan Nyhan
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Edmund Morris wins the weekend for quoting My Cousin Vinny on a Sunday show (and also knocking down a stupid question) http://j.mp/fn57Mn
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No. Ask Ross Perot & Unity 08. RT @nolabelsorg: Kathleen Parker asks "Can a Centrist Movement Make it in America?" http://bit.ly/centkparker
Kathleen Parker: Can a centrist movement make it in America today? – Pasadena Star-News
In a political culture where moderation is the new heresy, centrism is fast becoming the new black. Political outliers – not quite Republican, not quite Democrat – are forming new alliances in a…
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Washington Times columnist Jeffrey Kuhner compares "path" of Obama administration to Lenin, Castro, and Chavez http://j.mp/f66G34
Wash. Times ‘ Kuhner: “Like many on the progressive left, Mr. Obama is an anti-American political thug” | Media Matters for America
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RT @rcantor Tom Friedman knows what Americans want–and it just happens to be exactly what he wants. http://nyti.ms/i2jhd4
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Nice to see This American Life devoting piece to arguing Dems’ problem is messaging. B/c I really rely on TAL for lame political punditry
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I know Salon leans left, but @apareene‘s Hack 30 has zero liberals: http://j.mp/eNusVI Where are Olbermann, Frank Rich, Michael Moore, etc?
War Room’s Hack Thirty – Salon.com
War Room’s Hack Thirty from Salon.com
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Reminder: #1 hack Richard Cohen supported Iraq war b/c he "thought the prudent use of violence could be therapeutic" http://j.mp/fQKsc5
Richard Cohen: Violence is therapeutic – Brendan Nyhan
Via Atrios (can’t find the link), the pathologies of the Washington pundit class in one paragraph — Richard Cohen admits he supported the war in Iraq because he thought “the prudent use of viol…
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Matt Bai’s column on WH struggles w/distrust of govt. omits most important factor — the economy http://j.mp/fPSp31 See http://j.mp/fyEt5y
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The Monkey Cage: What Will Make People Trust Goverment Again?
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It really does read like the American Spectator circa 1995. RT @ggreenwald The Nation’s fact-free innuendo http://is.gd/hHDaF
Anatomy of a journalistic smear job – Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com
The Nation casts aspersions on John Tyner without a shred of evidence
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Interesting to see Palin raising class in response to Barbara Bush — media avoided issue for years in coverage of GWB http://bit.ly/ijo1ax
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No Labels (aka Unity ’12) is the latest 3rd party group that’s likely to fizzle http://j.mp/ezJTbP PS Why is Stabenow involved? She’s a D.
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Yes, No Labels = Unity ’12 was a joke. RT @riseofthecenter "Americans Elect" is Unity ’12. No Labels is a totally different group of people.