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BrendanNyhan David Kopel at Volokh Conspiracy takes down absurd “Obama the Muslim” column in Human Events http://j.mp/ctilNo -
BrendanNyhan Given role of economy in elections, why is Obama so passive on Fed. appts.? If stagnation continues (or worse), he’s done http://j.mp/bungK2
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BrendanNyhan “Laredo Truthers” provide a classic example of resisting corrections of misinformation http://j.mp/bL0fEk http://j.mp/arT6fHRight-Wingers Stand By Their Fabricated Mexican Drug Cartel Raid Story | TPMMuckraker According to anonymously-sourced reports pushed by right-wing blogs last week, members of Mexico’s notorious Zetas drug gang crossed the border into Texas and, “in what could be deemed an act of war,” seized two ranches near the border town of Laredo. The situation was dire, wingers warned, but a government enforced media blackout kept knowledge of the raid from the general public.
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BrendanNyhan Loathsome @kausmickey contrarianism on Weekly Standard NYC mosque smear http://j.mp/bDQd9V See Wright’s takedown for more http://j.mp/9DfiEyA Mosque Maligned – Opinionator Blog – NYTimes.com The strange, dark strategy to demonize the people in favor of building a mosque near ground zero.
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BrendanNyhan What’s the Matter w/Kansas doc out http://j.mp/aLjtMR See Bartels objections to book http://j.mp/bYiAfz & Frank response http://j.mp/bcAiWxWhat’s the Matter with Kansas? reviews at Metacritic.com Read what all the top critics had to say about What’s the Matter with Kansas?, which garnered a Metacritic METASCORE of 56, for Mixed or average reviews.Thomas Frank answers Larry Bartels – Brendan Nyhan Last month, I linked to a paper (PDF) by Princeton’s Larry Bartels taking issue with Thomas Frank’s bestselling What’s the Matter with Kansas? I focus on four specific questions inspired by [author Thomas] Frank’s account: Has the white working class…
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BrendanNyhan The final stage of What’s the Matter with Kansas debate for moviegoers RT @tofias
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BrendanNyhan RT @PollsAndVotes Post-recession 4 quarter avg: Reagan 7.8%, GHWB: +2.6%, GWB: +2.3%, BHO: +3.2% http://bit.ly/9IbheM
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BrendanNyhan RT @PollsAndVotes Avg qtrly GDP growth: RR1: 3.3%, RR2: 3.7%, GHWB1: 2.01%, WJC1: 3.3%, WJC2: 4.3%, GWB1: 2.3%, GWB2: 1.21%, BHO: 1.18%
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BrendanNyhan 2010 forecast from @smotus: Democrats will lose 40-50 seats in the House and lose control of 7-10 state legislatures http://j.mp/9yxE1F
