Month: September 2006
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Meeting the Peter Feaver challenge
Peter Feaver, a faculty member in political science at Duke (my department) and a current National Security Council staffer, issued a challenge at the American Political Science Association meeting on Friday, which Steve Clemons summarizes: Peter Feaver basically took exception to those who had suggested that members of the Bush administration had been out frequently
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Which candidate is most electable in 2008?
The Tradesports futures market offers four contracts for the 2008 election — one for the Democratic nominee, one for the GOP nominee, one for the candidate who wins the presidential election, and one for the party that wins. Using these contracts, we can determine who the markets think are the most electable candidates. The markets
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Hillary favorability: Static since 2000
Charles Franklin, the Wisconsin political scientist who blogs at Political Arithmetik, has put together an excellent graphic showing the long-term trend in Hillary’s favorable/unfavorable ratings: Franklin comes to the same conclusion I reached a year ago — despite all the hype about how she’s become less polarizing, Hillary’s favorability ratings haven’t really changed since 2000.
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Washington Post Radio appearance
If you’re an early riser in the DC area, you can catch me on Washington Post Radio (1500 AM and 107.7 FM) at 7:10 AM tomorrow morning talking about my Time.com column on appeasement rhetoric.
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Horse’s Mouth posts for 9/1
Here are today’s posts on The Horse’s Mouth: –FAIR responds — the media watchdog responds to my criticism, and I rebut their claims; –Allen blames the media as post-“macaca” damage continues — the VA senator claims voters don’t care about the “macaca” controversy even as he sinks in the polls.