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Brendan Nyhan
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Jay Cost claims Truman was *helped* by weak economy in ’48: http://j.mp/ekpaOJ My response is appended here: http://j.mp/asTJTj
What Role Will the Economy Play in the 2012 Election? | The Weekly Standard
The misleading story of Harry Truman’s comeback – Brendan Nyhan
It’s boring to point out that divided government is bad for President Obama, so journalists and commentators have been trying to make silly up-is-down arguments about why GOP control of Congress…
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Frank links GOP position on Fed w/China http://j.mp/hiBcxU Another Dem embracing tactic of comparing GOP w/hated figures http://j.mp/eXSLFr
Barney Frank Attacks Republicans For Siding With Chinese Currency Manipulators Against Unemployed Americans | The New Republic
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DNC compares GOP to terrorists – Brendan Nyhan
In a rejoinder to criticism of Obama’s Nobel Prize by RNC chair Michael Steele, DNC communications director Brad Woodhouse smeared the GOP as having “thrown in its lot with the terrorists – the …
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Futures traders don’t believe in Bloomberg/third party hype — contract is trading at 3% on Intrade http://j.mp/gqoCaY
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Pundits of the world, stop talking about your junk. Please. RT @jackshafe
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"Go ahead, touch my junk." –Michael Kinsley http://j.mp/fWG5pH
101123_tsa_airport_security_kinsley_ap_605Opinion: Go ahead, touch my junk – Michael Kinsley – POLITICO.com
Opinion: The TSA deserves a kind word as it continues to be slammed by critics.
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By popular demand, here’s the corrected link to the 11 (!) Gail Collins columns mentioning Bristol Palin since 10/08: http://j.mp/giTAH3
The New York Times: Search for ‘bristol’ > Byline ‘gail collins’
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Hilarious Dick Morris hyperbole: "[O’Reilly’s] critique of Obama is one of the sharpest & most well argued ever written" http://j.mp/gGIB33
Dick Morris suggests Barack Obama may be an “Anti-American” socialist Muslim | Media Matters for America
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RT @daringfireball Isarithmic History of the Two-Party Vote in U.S. Presidential Elections: http://df4.us/gn4 // (from Duke’s David Sparks)
Daring Fireball Linked List: Isarithmic History of the Two-Party Vote in U.S. Presidential Elections
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Journalists: Read John Sides on the independent vote and how Obama and the Democrats can win it back. Then read it again. http://j.mp/gNL1UV
The Monkey Cage: Do Democrats Understand Political Independents?