Brendan Nyhan

Month: March 2008

  • Is Barack Obama the next Michael Dukakis?

    As Paul Krugman and Bob Somerby have argued, the risk that Barack Obama will turned into the next Michael Dukakis (or worse) is real. After months of largely respectful coverage and debate, there has been a slew of attacks in the last few weeks on Obama as unpatriotic and/or a Muslim that are being widely

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