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BrendanNyhan Non-GZ non-mosque before used as wedge: Ingraham 12/09: “I can’t find many people who really have a problem with it” http://j.mp/cxQgJ2How the “ground zero mosque” fear mongering began – Ground Zero Mosque – Salon.com A viciously anti-Muslim blogger, the New York Post and the right-wing media machine: How it all went down -
BrendanNyhan .@jayrosen_nyu blames reporters for horse race coverage http://j.mp/cVkAIY I hate it too, but problem is audience demand http://j.mp/bjRAA1
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BrendanNyhan Judis’s “counter-history of the Obama presidency” now online for TNR subscribers http://j.mp/d32MSS See my critique here: http://j.mp/aFHzmJThe Unnecessary Fall | 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.Judis vs. Judis on presidents and the economy – Brendan Nyhan Back in January, I predicted the birth of a thousand “Why Obama is failing” narratives: It’s time to lay down a marker on punditry about the Obama White House. During the next eleven months, it will become increasingly obvious that…
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BrendanNyhan Bob Somerby traces the spread of the myth that Michelle Obama went to Spain with 40 friends http://j.mp/bd3aq6 Apparently too good to check.
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BrendanNyhan Are Obama’s problems with white voters overhyped? @stevekornacki notes Clinton’s numbers w/whites in ’94 were low too http://j.mp/cbOGXzAn awful argument for replacing Biden with Hillary – War Room – Salon.com The idea that Obama needs Hillary to connect with white voters is so 2008
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BrendanNyhan Bring it, philosophy! Political scientists vote more (even though we know our vote is extremely unlikely to matter) http://j.mp/a2I4jQSpringerLink – Buy academic journals, books and online media at Springer. Choose from thousands of scientific, technology medical and business titles and view our range of services for authors, booksellers and librarians.
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BrendanNyhan Must-read: @jbarro on the conservative case against interfering w/the Muslim community center in NYC http://j.mp/acfRgs (via @mattyglesias)
A Very Long Post on Cordoba House – The Agenda – National Review Online Josh Barro writes on NRO: I complained last week about conservatives urging bureaucrats in New York City to throw up roadblocks to the construction of a mosque at 51 Park Place in the name of “historic preservation.” Landmark preservation schemes like the one that now covers 16% of Manhattan below 96th Street are an affront . . . -
BrendanNyhan Besides CA (which isn’t challenging), who will have legal standing to appeal the Prop. 8 court decision? Maybe no one… http://j.mp/dxUqYKCould The California Gay Marriage Verdict Stand Unchallenged? | 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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BrendanNyhan .@tylercowen breaks down the high cost of invisible parking subsidies — we need a good name for this. Parking pork? http://j.mp/97gyv8
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BrendanNyhan Obama is right about the mosque, but raising the salience of the issue in this environment is likely to make things worse http://j.mp/cBDIWRThe Obama speech effect for Dems – Maggie Haberman – POLITICO.com Political news coverage from POLITICO.com on Congress and Capitol Hill. Blog postings in Politico Live from John Bresnahan, Patrick O’Connor, Josephine Hearn, Daniel W. Reilly, and Josh Kraushaar. Complete coverage of Iraq, Immigration, House and Senate Races in 2008, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and more.