Brendan Nyhan

Month: November 2007

  • Obama at NC Central in Durham

    Ah, the promise — and the frustration — of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. I saw him speak at North Carolina Central University this afternoon to a multi-ethnic crowd of several thousand people who paid $15-$25 just to hear him speak. And he delivered — as expected, Obama is funny, dynamic, and moving on the stump.

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  • FactCheck.org event in Washington

    For those who are interested, FactCheck.org is holding an event at the National Press Club a week from Friday where they will release data on an apparent increase in media fact-checking: FactCheck.org and the Annenberg Public Policy Center Present: Pants on Fire Political Mendacity and the Rise of the Media Fact-Checkers Why do candidates lie

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  • Obama’s process critique of Hillary

    Once a goo-goo, always a goo-goo? As I wrote back in March, Barack Obama’s campaign is based on the false hope that we can all get along. As a result, he’s been frustratingly reluctant to go negative on Hillary Clinton. Even when he did start to criticize her directly a few days ago, he focused

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