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Take that, Excel — ABC’s Jonathan Karl tries to explain the federal budget using the world’s ugliest 3D pie chart http://j.mp/e0AIQc
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Shuler: Redistricting reform would "lessen…partisan tone" http://j.mp/galOxU In reality, unlikely to have much effect http://j.mp/bk5CVO
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| TN Editorial: Fairness, transparency make sense | BlueRidgeNow.com Legislation to reform the congressional redistricting process and make it more transparent makes sense and deserves a serious hearing, although it alone is unlikely to end the nation’s divisive … |
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| Exaggerating the effect of gerrymandering – Brendan Nyhan Matthew Yglesias correctly dings Richard Cohen for this passage: Congressional Republicans have made a stand on the stimulus package, just as they did on the original bank bailout when they refu… |
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New at NBER: "USA net fiscal stimulus was modest relative to peers despite… having access to relatively cheap funding" http://j.mp/fYNt5w
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Good for Michael Medved: "Obama Isn’t Trying to ‘Weaken America’" (WSJ op-ed) http://j.mp/gW2nzc
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 Michael Medved: Obama Isn’t Trying to ‘Weaken America’ – WSJ.comWSJ op-ed: Michael Medved writes in The Wall Street Journal that conservatives should stop denouncing Barack Obama as an alien interloper and ideologue determined to damage the republic. |
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Two cool econ studies supporting the hypothesis that lobbyists "sell access to powerful politicians": http://j.mp/fKnc0W http://j.mp/eKHP9p
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Necessary debunking of @mattbai piece on primaries by @jbouie – perceived electability, not moderation per se, is key: http://j.mp/h6HSBZ
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CPAC renews fears that GOP candidates are weak: http://j.mp/fHGMJ1 People forget challengers always seem flawed early: http://j.mp/eB8Pxs
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| 2012 field falls short at CPAC – POLITICO.com Print View POLITICO covers political news with a focus on national politics, Congress, Capitol Hill, the 2008 presidential race, lobbying, advocacy, and more. POLITICO’s in-depth coverage includes video f… |
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| Presidential challengers usually seem flawed – Brendan Nyhan The Daily Beast’s Benjamin Sarlin quotes a series of GOP consultants claiming the party’s presidential candidates are “weak”: Call it the resurgent Republicans’ Achilles Heel. The GOP may have t… |
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Pawlenty’s CPAC birth certificate joke (http://j.mp/gEZ28B) is perfect example of @AdamSerwer‘s "post-birtherism" theory http://j.mp/hecuBw
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| Romney, Pawlenty Prep for White House Bids in Wooing Activists Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) — Former governors Tim Pawlenty and Mitt Romney, two of the more active unofficial Republican presidential candidates, wooed activists in Washington today with attacks on Pr… |
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| The Plum Line – The GOP’s post-birtherism After a Republican congressman from Idaho, Rep. Raul Labrador, made a joke implying that the president wasn’t born in the U.S. at CPAC yesterday, Dave Weigel wrote “Striking just how mundane thi… |
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Meanwhile, Boehner says "not my job" to tell people Obama born here: http://j.mp/hEw3pP. It’s pomo conservatism run amok http://j.mp/efHV9t
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| Boehner on Birthers: “It’s Not My Job to Tell the American People What to Think” | The Intersection | Discover Magazine Political Misinformation | Via Think Progress comes this video, in which John Boehner does say that President Obama is an American citizen and a Christian–but does not take a strong stan |
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Polls asking people if they will or won’t vote for Obama without reference to an alternative are useless, especially now http://j.mp/hmgyUR
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| Obama “Very Vulnerable”? | 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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Concerned that its readers have been deprived of Amy Chua coverage, the NYT runs its second review today http://j.mp/gU6Iuh
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 Book Review – Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother – By Amy Chua – NYTimes.comAmy Chua preaches tough love and high expectations in a memoir about the lengths she went to in pushing her daughters to excel. |
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Ron Paul’s win is just the latest example of how the CPAC straw poll fails to predict eventual GOP nominee http://j.mp/esxMPX
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The tireless John Sides reports from his grocery store on why Obama has been so slow on judicial nominees http://j.mp/hmzMqV
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| The Monkey Cage: The Empty Bench, Vetting, and What We Want from Leaders | ||
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