Here are some of the latest items from my Twitter feed (follow it!):
-CJR’s Greg Marx joins the call for reporters to acknowledge role of economy in political outcomes
-GWU’s John Sides illustrates how trust in government is closely linked to the state of the economy
-The bad economy/low trust combination is again bringing forward various naïve reform proposals like these — shades of “electronic town halls” circa 1992
-How Borders can make a social scientist cry
-Bayh’s timing may help Dems by letting party choose most centrist candidate — Ellsworth and Hill are some of the most conservative House Democrats (although obviously Democrats’ odds of retaining the seat fall dramatically with Bayh’s departure)
–The Bayh-for-president rumors, including speculation about a primary challenge to Obama, make no sense — in what world does he win Democratic primaries? The base loathes him.
-Every time I start to feel bad for Dan Quayle, he says something like this