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Claim that GWB is 6 points more popular than Obama in key dists. http://j.mp/9uV6x1 Not sure I believe – Obama up 7 on favorability in July
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 Bush More Popular Than Obama in Key Districts?
Political news, polls and buzz
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Also, even if Bush’s numbers have rebounded somewhat, many people will soon be reminded (by Dems) why they didn’t like him
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Howard Kurtz jumps on the bandwagon of nonsense about why Obama is not “connecting” http://j.mp/bHpXSQ (via @jamisonfoser)
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| Howard Kurtz – The Obama conundrum
For more than a year and a half, pundits, pontificators and soothsayers have been trying to figure out why Barack Obama hasn’t been a more effective president.
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.@mattyglesias on fire on occupational licensing cartels http://j.mp/a0ifuw http://j.mp/c8P4sc http://j.mp/b9mAyF
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| Matthew Yglesias » Barack Obama, Barbering Deregulator | ||
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Kind of cool — my post on Obama Muslim myth is on HuffPo front page above one by Katie Couric. Bring it MSM! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
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A nice take by @ezraklein on the proliferation of ad hoc narratives purporting to explain Obama’s political standing http://j.mp/c0nzzW
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| Ezra Klein – If only Obama had … See if this structure seems familiar to you: Over the past two years, Barack Obama has done X. Now, his poll numbers have slipped to 44 percent. His party is slated to lose a lot of seats in the 2010…
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Added update to post on Pew poll — there’s also a new Time poll (diff. wording) showing 24% think Obama is Muslim, 47% http://bit.ly/9zWFh4
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| New Pew poll: Obama Muslim myth on the rise – Brendan Nyhan
The Pew Research Center released a new poll this morning updating its measure of public belief in the misperception that President Obama is a Muslim (coverage: NYT, WP, AP). The news is not good — belief that Obama is a…
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RT @normative New depths of psychosis even for Powerline: scare quotes when AP notes the “fact” that Obama isn’t Muslim http://bit.ly/b2Kr6L
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 Power Line – Who Is He, Anyway?
Barack Obama is a polarizing and sometimes puzzling figure. It is no shock that many Americans don’t know what to…
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Daily Telegraph also pushing the false meme that FDA advisory vote on Avastin approval = “death panel” http://j.mp/aV8kXl
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| Avastin Death Panels Meme – Anatomy of a Right-Wing News Headline – Esquire
Matt Drudge gets his news from irresponsible reporters like Nick Allen at the Daily Telegraph, whose story on Avastin and “death panels” has started a right-wing meme. Inside the anatomy of a conservative news headline.
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As @jbplainblog notes, today’s “legislative president” nonsense from Matt Bai is part of a pattern of ad hoc narratives http://j.mp/bs2Vrj
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| Oy Bai | The New Republic
The New Republic covers politics, culture, and the arts with a focus on national politics, foreign policy, Congress, Capitol Hill, the 2010 midterm elections, literature, and more.
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Another phony narrative on why Obama’s messaging is his problem rather than the economy — he’s a “legislative president” http://j.mp/cKSzAn
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