Month: March 2006
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Move to impeach the Pirate Captain
Update 4/28/08 8:28 PM: For some reason, this post is currently showing up when you go to www.brendan-nyhan.com. If you’re looking for my main page, please click here. Last year I blogged frequently about the innovative protest campaign of the “Pirate Captain” for NC State student body president. Here he is in action during the
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What is David Brooks talking about?
Writing in yesterday’s New York Times, David Brooks claims that “the likely Democratic presidential nominee is Hillary Clinton, who has been barely distinguishable from John McCain on foreign policy matters (aside from her ports pandering).” Hmm. “Barely distinguishable”? It just so happens that National Journal released their 2005 vote ratings last week. And it turns
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Los Angeles Times: More Bush disapproval
The Los Angeles Times puts Bush approval at 38 percent, confirming the drop reported in a CBS/New York Times poll that has faced hack conservative opposition: Buffeted by resistance to the port transaction and discontent over the turmoil in Iraq, President Bush’s approval rating fell to 38%, the lowest level recorded for him in a
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Zogby: Troops think Iraq was retaliation for 9/11
At Spinsanity, we wrote on the website and in our book about the ways that President Bush tried to link Iraq with 9/11 and imply Saddam was in league with Al Qaeda. These tactics worked — more than 75% of Bush supporters believed (PDF) in October 2004 that Saddam was directly involved in 9/11 (20%)
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More wisdom from Conrad Burns
Bob Herbert reviews the wit and wisdom of Conrad Burns on Times Select: The Abramoff scandal is just the latest issue to raise questions about Senator Burns’s fitness to hold high public office. You’ve heard of accidents waiting to happen? He’s an accident that happens again and again and again. Back in 1994, while campaigning
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Conrad Burns: Not so bright
The Republican senator, who is under fire for his ties to Jack Abramoff, has apparently decided that comparing himself to a bank robber is his best defense: In an interview, Mr. Burns, a former agricultural auctioneer and broadcaster, dismissed as irrelevant the relative size of the campaign contributions he had received from Mr. Abramoff and
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Encouraging news about Vermont CFR case
Good. It looks like the Supreme Court gets what’s wrong with the Vermont campaign finance law: The Supreme Court displayed little appetite on Tuesday for making basic changes in its approach to campaign finance law, under which the government may place limits on political contributions but not on a candidate’s spending. Vermont’s aggressive effort to