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Third party post updated with a response to @fivethirtyeight emphasizing theoretical reasons to doubt 3P viability: http://bit.ly/dBFRTV
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| Thomas Friedman’s third party nonsense – Brendan Nyhan The dream of the independent third party presidential candidate shall never die — at least in the columns of elite pundits like Thomas Friedman. In his latest effort, Friedman predicts “a serio… |
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Inspired by Thomas Friedman, a compilation of third party hype since 2005 — it’s a long history of wrong: http://j.mp/a3lEhe
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| Third party hype 2005- – Brendan Nyhan The blog of Brendan Nyhan, political scientist and media critic. |
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Wow – new paper finds that 39% households were unemployed or underwater/in arrears on their house between 11/08 & 4/10 http://j.mp/a3lV79
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| Effects of the Financial Crisis and Great Recession on American Households | ||
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More Mondale nonsense about Obama not "connecting" because of teleprompters: http://j.mp/97s7mG Why he’s wrong: http://j.mp/aFipuR
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 Mondale to Obama: Ditch the ‘idiot boards’ – Ben Smith – POLITICO.comFormer Vice President Walter Mondale suggested in an interview today President Obama stop relying on “idiot boards” — teleprompters, that is — to deliver his message to the American people. “… |
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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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Memeorandum collects this morning’s crop of Tom Friedman is wrong about third parties blog posts: http://j.mp/avSFhs
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 memeorandum: Tom Friedman Hates Democracy. (Jamelle Bouie/American Prospect)The latest political news and opinion from left to right and back. Blogs and mainstream news outlets features on a single page. |
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Another great piece from @SteveKornacki — beware the narrative of a Democratic surge, which was also touted in ’94 http://j.mp/bzKSgc
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| A Democratic surge — or a mirage? – War Room – Salon.com Why you should take new reports of Democratic momentum for the midterm elections with a grain of salt |
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Summary of book on partisan ambivalence with cool graph — Dems high in ambivalence in ’52 & ’68, GOP in ’96, ’00, ’04 http://j.mp/9vocR4
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| The Monkey Cage: Ambivalent Partisans | ||
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One other relevant finding: Ambivalent partisans "hold more accurate perceptions of the political world" http://j.mp/9vocR4
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| The Monkey Cage: Ambivalent Partisans | ||
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LAT op-ed reminds us that presidents almost always lose seats Cong. and that loss will not be end of Obama’s presidency http://j.mp/9gglwb
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| Politics, Congress: For presidents, losing midterm vote is the norm – latimes.com | ||
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Really, WSJ — "Healthamburglar"? http://j.mp/9LDSoy I like a good Hamburglar reference as much as the next guy, but that’s a hacky mess
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| Review & Outlook: Healthamburglar – WSJ.com The Wall Street Journal on what happened when McDonald’s met ObamaCare. |
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"Static America: Myths about Political Change in the US" from Pew’s Michael Robinson: http://j.mp/9xEfXE (via @doug_rivers)
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| A Static America: A Contrarian View of Current U.S. Public Opinion Trends – Pew Research Center With predictions of a wave of Republican victories come the November elections, there has been talk of a sea change in American politics. While acknowledging that changes in political and econom… |
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Chait claims "[n]ot much correlation" between cons. self-ID and GOP vote, but I get r of approx. 0.5 — pretty strong http://j.mp/9Oo9yL
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| Who Cares How Many People Call Themselves Conservative? | The New Republic The New Republic covers politics, culture, and the arts with a focus on the White House, foreign policy, Congress, Capitol Hill, the 2010 midterm elections, literature, and more. |
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MSNBC bringing on Levi Johnston to mock him and Palin = Fox bringing on obscure black nationalists to discredit liberals http://j.mp/aT6PEO
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| Print view: Rehema Ellis lied through her teeth about our glorious history | ||
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People you should not trust — anyone who takes Gallup’s Obama v. Hillary poll seriously http://j.mp/a1xR1N
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| Weigel : Gallup’s Obama-Hillary 2012 Primary Poll; Or, How to Invent News The new Gallup poll on a potential 2012 Democratic presidential primary comes with a warning: As is the case for the 2012 Republican nomination , voter sentiments at this stage of the 2012 elect… |
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Important legislation introduced to allow bulk access to THOMAS data on Congress http://j.mp/98bcC1 This is public data — set it free!
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| Rep. Foster Introduces Bill To Improve THOMAS — Sunlight Foundation Blog Yesterday, Rep. Bill Foster introduced a bill that would improve public access to legislative information. Specifically, H.R. 6289 calls for: |
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