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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… -
BrendanNyhan As Chait says, the Kaiser poll doesn’t prove health care reform is popular; opposition trending down now but support flat http://j.mp/c853RhHealth Care Reform Popular? Not So Fast. | The New Republic The New Republic covers politics, culture, and the arts with a focus on national politics, foreign policy, Congress, Capitol Hill, the 2010 midterm elections, literature, and more.
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BrendanNyhan How does Pawlenty not know that the US has relatively low tax rates? Isn’t that central to conserv. critique of Europe? http://j.mp/bDt3rQPolitiFact | Tim Pawlenty says the U.S. is not undertaxed compared to its competitors Tim Pawlenty — Minnesota’s outgoing Republican governor and a likely candidate for president in 2012 — met with Washington reporters on July 26, 2010, for a wide-ranging discussion of politics and policy. One of the things he said made it into the reports of at least two journalists in attendance, Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post and John Dickerson of Slate.. Asked what his reaction would be if a presidential commission on the national debt were to recommend a mix of spending cuts and tax increases, Pawlenty said, “Not good. I don’t think the argument can be credibly made that …
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BrendanNyhan Alan Abramowitz forecasts GOP will gain 300-350 seats in state legislatures and take control of 8-10 chambers http://j.mp/bJqDmy
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BrendanNyhan Fox News hosts repeatedly ask whether people who don’t pay taxes should be allowed to vote http://j.mp/9rFLcb
Update 7/30 12:51 PM: Pawlenty’s camp claims he was referring to the US corporate tax rate, but that isn’t clear from the context available in either source cited by Politifact. And in any case, the effective corporate tax burden (rather than the statutory rate) is actually relatively low in the US.