Brendan Nyhan

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Brendan Nyhan
Time poll found 46% (!) of Republicans endorsed Obama Muslim myth. Pew estimate was 31% for GOP, but it had diff. wording http://j.mp/dob7uV
Poll: 46% of GOP thinks Obama’s Muslim – Josh Gerstein – POLITICO.com

Josh Gerstein: Under the Radar, Overlooked News on the Courts, Transparency & More
Brendan Nyhan
Dear pundits: We know it’s August, but please stop talking about Hillary as VP. Not happening, wouldn’t matter anyway. http://j.mp/dA153d
Twp-50x50David Ignatius – A president in need of a political spark

Last January, President Obama made a tellingly unpolitical comment to ABC’s Diane Sawyer : “I’d rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president.”
Brendan Nyhan
Political scientists Gelman, Lax, and Phillips estimate state-level support for gay marriage in the NYT http://j.mp/aP2k85
Brendan Nyhan
Listen to @smotus: “The [party] ‘message’ is just a media narrative and will largely be written after the fact anyway.” http://j.mp/9TAVLs
Enik Rising: The message
Brendan Nyhan
RT @mattyglesias Obama to blame for Muslim misperception because he said in 1985 that his grandfather was Muslim: http://bit.ly/aVh5lc
Logo_corner_2010_square_110The Obama Muslim Confusion – The Corner – National Review Online

Kathryn Jean Lopez writes on NRO: Byron York rewinds:  In 1985, Barack Obama had just arrived in Chicago for his new job as a community organizer when he headed to Smitty’s Barbershop, a tiny storefront on the South Side. As Smitty cut his hair, Obama listened to the men in the shop talk politics and racial grievance. . . .
Brendan Nyhan
Yes, people have many implausible beliefs http://j.mp/dxJYnK But Muslim myth has consequences for politics that ESP/witches/etc. doesn’t
Matthew Yglesias » Things People Believe