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Contra Jay Cost, modern presidents typically pursue "ideological goal[s] of the party elite" http://j.mp/ck9e6Q See e.g. http://j.mp/dbWbxo
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| Morning Jay: Obama’s Falling Numbers, How To Read The Polls, The Jon Corzine Effect, and More! | The Weekly Standard | ||
| The Myth of Presidential Representation – Cambridge University Press The Myth of Presidential Representation, B. Dan Wood , 9780521133425, Cambridge University Press |
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NYT’s John Harwood smacks down bogus meme that Obama’s political problems are the result of a failure to project empathy http://j.mp/9sk0hJ
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Via Jay Cost, an example of the silliness about Obama & empathy http://j.mp/bOGwCz See Harwood http://j.mp/9sk0hJ or me http://j.mp/aFipuR
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| Obama and Empathy: Is He Too Cool? – The Daily Beast The president who has talked most about the power of empathy suddenly seems to be lacking in it himself. Kirsten Powers on how his coolness is getting in the way of his heart. |
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| The zombie myth of presidents “not connecting” – Brendan Nyhan Former Vice President Walter Mondale is the latest public figure to fall victim to the impossible-to-kill myth that the predictable decline in President Obama’s political standing is the result … |
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Cognitive dissonance alert for Dems who think only GOP engages in ugly politics — expect elaborate rationalizatio
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Examples from Nevada of Democrats going negative (and misleading) early http://j.mp/aJOnca http://j.mp/aB4t5M (I’m quoted in them)
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| GOVERNOR’S RACE: Poll: Reid chipping away at Sandoval’s lead – News – ReviewJournal.com | ||
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Another nasty Democratic ad — false claims about military service and attacks on GOP opponent’s patriotism http://j.mp/a3pPRY
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| Patriotism Falsely Impugned | FactCheck.org Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida is falsely accusing his opponent of evading the Vietnam War draft, claiming he doesn’t love this country. Republican candidate Daniel Webster didn’t refus… |
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GOP House candidate: "We don’t have enough information about this president" — agnostic on both citizenship and religion http://j.mp/bGxseo
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 Former Congressman Questions Obama CitizenshipTaegan Goddard’s Political Wire — News, polls and buzz |
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Sadly ironic story about Afghanistan — we can’t even give away stuff to kids successfully http://bit.ly/93wurV
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| NYT: Afghan Equality and Law, but W An idea to distribute free kites and comic books to promote the rule of law went terribly awry when Afghan policemen stole dozens of kites for themselves and beat children with sticks. |
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Another statistical forecast (tentative) that Dems will lose the House in November http://j.mp/9dxVc5
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| Doug Hibbs on the fundamentals in 2010 – Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science | ||
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"Whether a scientist is seen as knowledgeable & trustworthy depends on a person’s cultural values" (via @Intersection_): http://j.mp/bDSNFd
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