Brendan Nyhan Dec 31, 2010 at 12:24pm From my Twitter feed (12/29-12/31) BrendanNyhan Dec 31, 2010 at 11:31am .@jbplainblog debunks @mattbai "fantasy that once upon a time ‘party leaders’ picked candidates, while now the voters do" http://j.mp/gYzM5s A plain blog about politics: Oy, Bai BrendanNyhan Dec 30, 2010 at 8:32pm Despite hype about Obama not

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Brendan Nyhan Dec 29, 2010 at 10:29pm From my Twitter feed (12/28-12/29) BrendanNyhan Dec 29, 2010 at 12:38pm Politico overstates importance of location of Obama campaign HQ to 2012 campaign http://j.mp/hm155P As always, tactics over fundamentals Obama eyes Chicago campaign HQ – POLITICO.com Print ViewPOLITICO covers political news with a focus on national politics, Congress,

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One of the most frustrating aspects of the media’s coverage of politics is the way they treat deceptive factual claims. As I’ve often pointed out, these claims are often reported in a “he said,” “she said” format that provides readers with no indication that the statement in question is misleading or false. And even when

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Brendan Nyhan Dec 28, 2010 at 1:13pm From my Twitter feed (12/24-12/28) BrendanNyhan Dec 28, 2010 at 1:01pm As predicted (http://j.mp/c9Fe3v), overemphasis on Obama staff as cause of/solution to structural political problems http://j.mp/gYxThi Blaming staff for structural problems – Brendan NyhanBack in January, I predicted a rash of process-based explanations of President Obama’s declining political

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Brendan Nyhan Dec 24, 2010 at 5:46pm From my Twitter feed (12/20-12/24) BrendanNyhan Dec 24, 2010 at 5:36pm Beware the tactical fallacy – pres. messages reflect state of economy, which drives results, creating false correlation http://j.mp/g2MTiC A Winning Script for the GOP in 2012 | FrumForumEveryone is already focused on who the next Republican presidential

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Here’s what I just wrote on Politico Arena about the effect of Haley Barbour’s comments in the Weekly Standard about the issue of race in his hometown: It was always hard to take Barbour’s presidential aspirations seriously, but this incident would seem to rule him out entirely. The controversy over the Weekly Standard article may

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Brendan Nyhan Dec 20, 2010 at 2:33pm From my Twitter feed (12/17-12/20) BrendanNyhan Dec 20, 2010 at 2:29pm Regardless of effect of tax cut deal on 2012, it will be framed as turning point in media narrative of any Obama comeback http://j.mp/fAXkSN Obama 2.0? BrendanNyhan Dec 20, 2010 at 1:37pm Why Facts Fail – Point

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Brendan Nyhan Dec 17, 2010 at 12:23pm From my Twitter feed (12/15-12/17) BrendanNyhan Dec 17, 2010 at 12:21pm Douthat must-read on "The Strange Case for Mitt Romney" http://j.mp/hSnUOr GOP wonks want to believe he’s one of them, but no one knows… The Strange Case for Mitt Romney – NYTimes.comIs his sincerity problem a sign of

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One of the questions I’m most interested in is whether misperceptions about health care reform, which plagued the debate (PDF) over President Obama’s proposal, will decline as the law is implemented. I’m not optimistic. Given the continued flow of criticism from the right and the extent to which people rely on their prior beliefs in

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Brendan Nyhan Dec 15, 2010 at 4:51pm From my Twitter feed (12/14-12/15) BrendanNyhan Dec 15, 2010 at 4:42pm .@mattyglesias: "correct response [to polarization] is to tweak the institutions" not "wishing for label-free politics" http://j.mp/f7Sgrg Yglesias » In Praise of Labels BrendanNyhan Dec 15, 2010 at 4:40pm Bizarrely, No Labels had Akon make a track about

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