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BrendanNyhan FL Sen. candidate Marco Rubio backtracks on support for supply-side myth, admits “The tax cuts don’t pay for themselves” http://j.mp/cVEq15 -
BrendanNyhan Meanwhile, Fox’s Stuart Varney pushes myth that “When you lower rates on the rich, you actually bring in more money” http://j.mp/aEFE27
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BrendanNyhan A Visual History of Senate Polarization from 1967 to 2010 by NYU grad student Adam Bonica http://j.mp/9EkPJ3
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BrendanNyhan I’m not surprised Palin screens her FB comments; I’m surprised it’s the only part of her image that she’s so careful with http://j.mp/b9cWHh
The Facebook posts Palin doesn’t want you to see. – By John Dickerson – Slate Magazine The comments on Sarah Palin’s Facebook page offer a relatively unbroken chain of adulation, applause, and approval: “Tell it LIKE IS MRS. PALIN.” “God Bless you Sarah!! Thanks for all you do!!” “Palin 2012!!!!” No matter the topic of her posting—an endorse -
BrendanNyhan Yet more analysis blaming Obama’s policies for his political standing while barely mentioning economy http://j.mp/9yhp0Z http://j.mp/bzA9MvAn Honest Question For Wehner Fallacy Advocates | 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 It’s great @kausmickey supports the NYC mosque, but low Web standards aren’t a defense of wife’s-uncle’s-ex-group-website-link WS smear
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BrendanNyhan Also, low Web standards are irrelevant to what the threshold *should* be, @kausmickey. Is != ought. If you were the target, you would agree.
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BrendanNyhan Blaming McCain loss on finan. crisis probably wrong; economy was already bad http://j.mp/bmwgth See pre-crisis forecasts http://j.mp/dC6dx5The Bush Economy Won The Election For Obama | 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.The fundamentals work: Obama 53% – Brendan Nyhan For months I’ve been emphasizing the role of the political fundamentals in determini
ng presidential election outcomes. Last night that approach was again vindicated. The median forecast from leading election models was that Barack Obama would receive 52% of the two-party… -
BrendanNyhan Video interviews with prominent political scientists about American politics http://j.mp/9W23IO