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Reminder – generic support for repeal of health care reform doesn’t translate to most of its provisions http://j.mp/hnmJ7v
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CNN on motivated reasoning about vaccines: "Few swayed by fraud finding in autism study" http://j.mp/gXQ1z2
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| Few swayed by fraud finding in autism study – CNN.com The controversy over the existence of a link between autism and vaccines is not likely to end, even after the only study to imply such a link has been discredited, retracted and called an “elabo… |
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See also This American Life segment on measles outbreak where the reporter couldn’t find anyone who changed their mind http://j.mp/gmpja1
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| Ruining It for the Rest of Us | This American Life Stories of people who ruin things for everyone else…or who are accused of that. Like the San Diego parents who didn’t vaccinate their child for measles. |
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Brownstein hypes poor Dem performance with whites in ’10, but racial gap same as ’08 – Dems just did worse with everyone http://j.mp/gnhiJF
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| NationalJournal.com – White Flight – Friday, January 7, 2011 National Journal delivers the latest political news and analysis. Economic recovery alone may not solve President Obama’s problems with many of the white voters who stampeded toward the Rep… |
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GOP insiders: Daniels #2 (and rising), Pawlenty #3 behind Romney http://j.mp/f18I0N Intrade market still has them much lower.
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Also, Palin #5 (vs #2 on Intrade) & Huckabee an afterthought at #7 (vs #4) -are insiders too confident of elite control? http://j.mp/f18I0N
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Voluntary discussions of end-of-life planning are quickly becoming the new third rail of American politics http://j.mp/hv7OU5
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.@ProfStevenSmith reviews proposed filibuster reforms, which turn out to be quite modest — don’t expect much http://tinyurl.com/2a4ltdg
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Jon Chait offers the sophisticated case against Bill Daley
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Laudable naming and shaming of Andrew Wakefield, author of fraudulent study on vaccine/autism link, by @andersoncooper http://j.mp/iiSyVS
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Apologies — initial Anderson Cooper link was bad. Here’s the transcript of the segment on Wakefield from last night: http://j.mp/eZRqAd
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Here’s the video of @andersoncooper, @sanjayguptaCNN, and @sethmnookin destroying Wakefield (last link was transcript): http://j.mp/dKnenO
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| Video – Breaking News Videos from CNN.com Watch the latest breaking news, politics, entertainment and offbeat videos everyone is talking about at CNN.com. Get informed now! |
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Mind-boggling Fox & Friends segment on Obama wearing flip-flops http://j.mp/i4mtRW
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Can’t be said often enough. RT @fivethirtyeight Post-Midterm Approval Ratings Don’t Predict Re-Election Chances http://bit.ly/dZjbjC
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| Post-Midterm Approval Ratings Don’t Predict Re-Election Chances – NYTimes.com Barack Obama got some good news to start his new year: his Gallup approval rating ticked up to 50 percent yesterday, against 42 percent disapproval. |
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Wasting govt. funds! RT @benpolitico HHS didn’t pull "ObamaCare" google ad — Limbaugh & Weekly Standard blew its budget! http://is.gd/kaglQ
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 HHS didn’t pull ad campaign – Ben Smith – POLITICO.comI’ve been following the fight over how to brand the health care reform act, but contrary to reports in the Weekly Standard, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has not pulled their … |
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Ironic for caucus leaders RT @ProfStevenSmith: Reid/McConnell "as close as 2 people with limited social skills can be" http://j.mp/gyYHTZ
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Teixeira: Tax cut deal will raise growth in ’12, helping Obama http://j.mp/ePP9Ld In fact, growth projected to be slower http://j.mp/hvgTUU
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| If Obama Wins In 2012, Chalk It Up To The Tax-Cut Deal | The New Republic The New Republic covers politics, culture, and the arts with a focus on the White House, foreign policy, Congress, Capitol Hill, Wikileaks, the lame duck session, literature, and more. |
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.@mattbai is right – GOP is repeating the pattern of parties coming to power with a false sense of a sweeping mandate http://j.mp/etFQ1k
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 Mandates Inflated by Parties Are Often Deflated by Voters- Political Times – NYTimes.comAs Republicans, among them Tea Part y politicians, take control of the House, they would be wise not to misread voters’ will. |
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RT @MysteryPollster Why GOP horserace questions don’t mean much http://huff.to/hxeWSJ // As he says, ask Clinton, Giuliani, Cuomo, Muskie
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| GOP Nominee In 2012: What The Early Polls Tell Us Speculation about the 2012 Republican nomination is already underway and, as always, national “horse race” poll questions are central to that conversation. While we will certainly track those po… |
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Another slow news day: "Obama’s shave ice order: A sign of bipartisanship?" http://j.mp/elyxAz (CSM) Makes Palin RTs seem like news.
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| Obama’s shave ice order: A sign of bipartisanship? – CSMonitor.com Does the president’s flexibility on shave ice flavors show an openness to compromise as the Republicans take control of the House? |
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Sarah Palin’s re-tweets are apparently considered news http://j.mp/gpcktO What *won’t* the media cover about her?
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| Sarah Palin Re-Tweets in Support of Gays – The Note Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin re-tweeted a post from conservative talk show host and blogger Tammy Bruce, who is lesbian, appearing to indirectly cast support for gays and an end to the ban on … |
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