Month: July 2010
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Twitter roundup
From my Twitter feed (7/29-7/30) BrendanNyhan with 1 source BrendanNyhan Surowiecki drops some poli sci: “people vastly overrate the influence of the bully pulpit” http://j.mp/d3glOE Pundits: It’s not so hard! Wall Street, the White House, and the weak economy : The New Yorker THE FINANCIAL PAGE about President Obama’s tense relationship with Wall Street… about
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The persistence of the death panels myth
The Washington Post reports on a new Kaiser poll showing that the “death panel” myth that plagued debate (PDF) over health care reform is still a significant problem: The poll found that misconceptions about the legislation persist, including the “death panel” falsehood propagated by opponents of the legislation. “A year after the town meeting wars
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Twitter roundup
From my Twitter feed (7/28-7/29) BrendanNyhan with 1 source BrendanNyhan Memo to Congress: If you legalize “online poker and other nonsports betting,” please include political futures markets http://j.mp/9BR5UE The New York Times > Log In about 1 hour ago BrendanNyhan If you haven’t seen it yet, the Glenn Beck/Goldline scam infographic on Ritholtz is awesome
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The weakness of pro-Electoral College arguments
The New Yorker’s Hendrik Hertzberg demolishes the arguments made against the National Popular Vote proposal by Tara Ross, author of Enlightened Democracy: The Case for the Electoral College, at a recent Cato Institute debate (via Jon Chait): Ms. Ross argues that [National Popular Vote] would undermine the two-party system. She says that there would be
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Twitter roundup
From my Twitter feed (7/27-7/28) BrendanNyhan with 1 source BrendanNyhan Senate Rules Committee hearing at 10:30 AM EST on the filibuster features two political scientists — will stream live! http://j.mp/9IzsYR Committee Hearings – Home – United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration 1 minute ago BrendanNyhan Interesting chart of self-rated ideology vs. two parties
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Tancredo and Kuhner accuse Obama of disloyalty
Since he became a serious contender for president in 2008, Barack Obama has faced a long string of accusations that he is disloyal to this country. The latest examples come from a pair of virulent Washington Times op-eds by Tom Tancredo, a former Republican House member now running for governor in Colorado as a third-party
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Twitter roundup
From my Twitter feed (7/26-7/27) BrendanNyhan with 1 source BrendanNyhan More misleading Muslim-baiting of Obama — Fox Nation claims “WH Backed Release of Lockerbie Bomber” http://j.mp/bRGH7s Fox Nation runs misleading headline “WH Backed Release of Lockerbie Bomber” | Media Matters for America 1 minute ago BrendanNyhan It’s not that hard! NYT: “A fragile economy and
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Why Hillary Clinton should be Sarah Palin’s role model
Is Sarah Palin too polarizing to be elected president? This has become a central question in political commentary on the former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential nominee. What people often fail to recognize, however, is that the debate over Palin’s electability mirrors the debate over Hillary Clinton’s electability during the 2006-2008 period. Clinton may
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Twitter roundup
From my Twitter feed (7/21-7/26) BrendanNyhan with 1 source BrendanNyhan “The Political Economy of the Subprime Mortgage Credit Expansion” http://j.mp/buh7RK SSRN-The Political Economy of the Subprime Mortgage Credit Expansion by Atif Mian, Amir Sufi, Francesco Trebbi SSRN-The Political Economy of the Subprime Mortgage Credit Expansion by Atif Mian, Amir Sufi, Francesco Trebbi 2 minutes ago
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More storytelling about Obama’s political standing
Writing in the New York Times, Matt Bai downplays the role of the economy in President Obama’s current political struggles, arguing that “[i]t’s just as likely… that much of the dissatisfaction with the governing party” is the result of Democrats having “failed to establish a rationale for such expansive measures [as the stimulus bill and