 From my Twitter feed (4/25-5/2)May 2, 2011 at 5:56 PM |
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RT @MysteryPollster: A look back: Obama will see a bounce, but likely to be temporary http://j.mp/ieYwqV (with my guess of 5-10 pts)
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 Obama Approval Rating Likely To Rise After Osama Bin Laden Killing WASHINGTON — While the killing of al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden lacks true historical precedent, polling following similar events suggests that President Barack Obama will enjoy a bounce … |
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| May 2, 2011 at 4:39 PM | |
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RT @SteveKornacki: 5/91 story: “Most [D’s] are reluctant to run against Bush, who looks practically invincible after the US victory in the Persian Gulf war”
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| May 2, 2011 at 2:21 PM | |
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RT @alexlundry: Today’s happiness is nothing compared to my sorrow on 9/11/01
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| May 2, 2011 at 12:08 PM | |
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Still way overpriced at 65 – people seem to forget Bush 41’s experience http://j.mp/iN42iP RT @tylercowen: Obama up to 68 on Intrade.com…
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| Intrade – Barack Obama to be re-elected President in 2012 is 68.5% probable THE Leading Prediction Market. Trade political futures and tap into the wisdom of crowds. | |
| May 2, 2011 at 12:07 PM | |
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RT @smotus: This is roughly same point in Obama’s presidency as Gulf War victory was in Bush 41’s. #allvictoryisfleeting
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| May 2, 2011 at 11:36 AM | |
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RT @dbernstein: My long post about media, academia & politics, prompted by Greg Marx, @BrendanNyhan, John Sides & Shanto Iyengar essays: http://ow.ly/4KME5
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 Media, Academia, & Politics The terrific political-science journal The Forum has three interesting essays in its new issue, dealing with politics and media. In one, Greg Marx, formerly of the Columbia Journalism Review, co… |
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| May 2, 2011 at 11:26 AM | |
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Epic mixed metaphor “flimsy…argument — that if we allow fat cats 2 gorge, crumbs will surely fall — is losing traction” http://j.mp/izfjXo
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 Silliness and Sleight of Hand – NYTimes.com Suspicions of the president have moved from the theoretical to the theological. |
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| Apr 30, 2011 at 7:53 PM | |
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Connecting again? Noooo! MT @DrewHampshire: Romney asked lot of q’s of customers @ gas station… Connected well. (via @jmartpolitico)
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| Apr 30, 2011 at 12:13 AM | |
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.@daveweigel‘s useful birtherism history: http://j.mp/jjLOya A key resource along with @adamserwer‘s birther lexicon: http://j.mp/myGrHn
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 Obama’s birth certificate: The issue will last as long as his presidency. President Obama did not end the “birther” movement today. Hours after the president released his long-form birth certificate—years after releasing the short-form one that proved he was a citizen… |
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 A Birtherism Lexicon Libertarian billionaire David Koch isn’t a birther, exactly; he just thinks the president is a Marxist who got all his ideas from his father: David agreed. “He’s the most radical president we’ve… |
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| Apr 29, 2011 at 2:01 PM | |
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*Someone* is keeping his eye on the ball. Econ. weakness is #1 political story. RT @ezraklein: The story driving 2012: http://wapo.st/khaHm0
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 Wonkbook: The story driving 2012 – Ezra Klein – The Washington Post Posted at 07:24 AM ET, 04/29/2011 The most important story in the 2012 election is not Donald Trump, or the White House’s inexplicable decision to feed the birther madness, or whether Haley Barb… |
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| Apr 29, 2011 at 12:23 PM | |
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Republican consultant: “For the GOP’s sake, birtherism has to die” http://j.mp/ioPLyJ
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 For the GOP’s sake, birtherism has to die | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/29/2011 By Matt Mackowiak What should go without saying must be said: With this week’s release of President Obama’s birth certificate, I hope – for the sake of my fellow Republicans – that a death certi… |
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| Apr 29, 2011 at 12:16 PM | |
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RT @MysteryPollster: My deep dive on “birther” polls: Not “taking hold” with indy’s, dividing GOP http://t.co/SXjJmPr”
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| Apr 28, 2011 at 10:31 PM | |
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Smart @jbouie piece on how Obama’s political trajectory could end up looking more like Bush 41 than Reagan http://j.mp/iMPUg2
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| Who Does Obama Want to Be When He Grows Up? Barack Obama hearts Ronald Reagan. We saw it during the 2008 presidential election, when he praised Reagan’s ability to change the political landscape, and we saw it most recently, in his speech… |
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| Apr 28, 2011 at 8:00 PM | |
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More cable news coverage of Trump and birth certificate/birthers than Afghanistan and the deficit in last 6 weeks http://j.mp/lpHnXa
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 Trump Saturation Coverage Simply Reflects Classic Media Bias During yesterday’s press conference, President Obama immediately understood where he needed to lay blame for the month-long political apprentice series starring Donald Trump: with the star himse… |
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| Apr 28, 2011 at 7:43 PM | |
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I continue to love the @mattyglesias concept of the replacement-level pundit http://bit.ly/kiB2ht Original post here: http://j.mp/jpYfV1
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| Yglesias » Replacement-Level Punditry Jon Chait disagrees with me about Juan Williams: Matthew Ygelsias applauds the firing because Williams is a mediocre, “replacement-level” commentator. That strikes me as a total dodge. Most comm… | |
| Apr 28, 2011 at 5:37 PM | |
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Trump secures coveted Joey Lawrence endorsement http://cl.ly/6JqF Next: Mario Lopez! (via @jbouie)
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 Donald Trump For President, Says Joey Lawrence Of ‘Blossom’ Woah! While a number of award winning actors have hit out against Donald Trump in recent days, the potential GOP presidential candidate has at least one Hollywood supporter: former “Blossom” sta… |
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| Apr 28, 2011 at 5:18 PM | |
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PS Another satisfied customer! “Maybe I would (go into politics),” Lawrence added. “I minored in … political science” http://j.mp/jiYU5v
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 Joey Lawrence: Trump for Prez! Chances are longtime television actor Joey Lawrence won’t be voting for President Obama in 2012, and he isn’t afraid to say so. “Obama was something fresh, and new, and people wanted to put thei… |
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| Apr 28, 2011 at 5:21 PM | |
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Excellent @dbernstein article on how birtherism filled the void in conservative marketplace for reasons to hate Obama http://ow.ly/4J3i0
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| Birth of Birtherism I’ve been following the so-called birther story from its earliest days, so naturally I took interest in yesterday’s big news of Barack Obama finally producing the other birth certificate. A lot … |
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| Apr 28, 2011 at 5:14 PM | |
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RT @pwire: Even after seeing Obama’s detailed birth certificate, 28% still have doubts… http://pwire.at/l8gPsn (via @loujacobson)
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 Large Number Still Have Doubts on Obama Birthplace Looking for a political job? Start your search at Political Job Hunt. A new SurveyUSA poll finds that of those who have seen President Obama’s newly-released detailed birth certificate, 71% are … |
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| Apr 28, 2011 at 12:04 PM | |
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Includes a quote from me on how misinformers won today RT @politifact: Birthers not persuaded by Obama’s release http://bit.ly/joGhDF
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| PolitiFact | Birthers not persuaded by Certificate of Live Birth Orly Taitz is a leader among those who question President Barack Obama’s eligibility to serve as president. For three years, the California dentist/lawyer and others have filled the Intern… | |
| Apr 28, 2011 at 12:02 AM | |
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Dear pollsters: Please repeat the *same* birther question you used last time when estimating birth certificate effect. Nothing new before.
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| Apr 27, 2011 at 9:41 PM | |
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RT @hardsci: Oldie but goody: birtherism, cognitive dissonance. and the persistence of belief (blog post) http://t.co/7fwd5kD
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 Birtherism, cognitive dissonance, and the persistence of belief « The Hardest Science As the Arizona legislature debates a bill to demand proof of citizenship from presidential candidates, Slate has a new piece about why the “birther” movement won’t go away (which I came across t… |
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| Apr 27, 2011 at 9:19 PM | |
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RT @jmartpolitico: Too much cable in w wing? RT @jaketapper: Was b certificate really the “dominant” story in the
media 2 weeks ago… http://abcn.ws/jpz4oS |
 President Obama Tells Untruth in Birth Certificate Press Briefing – Political Punch ABC News’ Jake Tapper reports: The president said he was prompted to act “two weeks ago, when the Republican House had put forward a budget that will have huge consequences potentially to the co… |
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| Apr 27, 2011 at 9:12 PM | |
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I asked a while back about Trump hurting ratings – wow MT @JoshuaGreen: “Celeb Apprentice” audience most liberal on TV http://bit.ly/loBwnW
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 Trump’s Birther Antics Are Driving Away His Liberal Audience – Joshua Green – Politics – The Atlantic He may be dumber than you think: Exclusive research reveals “Celebrity Apprentice” viewers are the most Democratic in primetime TV. |
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| Apr 27, 2011 at 8:52 PM | |
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Paul O’Neill gets ugly: people “threatening not to pass the debt ceiling are our version of al Qaeda terrorists. Really” http://j.mp/lyF5gk
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 Ex-Bush official: Those who would block debt hike are like al Qaeda to block a debt-ceiling increase to terrorists. Former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill compared lawmakers trying to block raising the debt ceiling to |
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| Apr 27, 2011 at 7:43 PM | |
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RT @jbouie: Read my not-timely-but-good analysis of President Obama’s decision to release his birth certificate: http://cl.ly/6JTu feat. @brendannyhan!
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 The Birth Certificate: Why Now? President Obama has finally released proof that he is, indeed, an American: I should say, at the outset, that President Obama will not, as he said he intended, quell the |
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| Apr 27, 2011 at 6:15 PM | |
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RT @benpolitico: @byrontau checks in w/Orly Taitz & Phil Berg, who have new theories of why Obama’s illegitimate ready http://is.gd/Y5bdsK
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 Birthers unmoved – Ben Smith The theories about President Barack Obama’s birth — as we reported last week — have evolved over time from the idea that he was a Muslim to the modern incarnation that he was smuggled into the U… |
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| Apr 27, 2011 at 4:29 PM | |
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RT @sethmnookin: LAT: PBS/MacNeil gives autism vaccine theory “currency current science simply does not warrant” http://lat.ms/hh6lxW
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 A PBS series injects doubt back into the autism issue It’s been nearly 16 years since Robert MacNeil stepped down as co-anchor of public television’s much-celebrated “NewsHour.” Who would have thought his return to the show in recent days would bri… |
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| Apr 27, 2011 at 4:28 PM | |
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Ha! Jerome Corsi birther book due out 5/17 RT @Prof_BearB: Man, am I glad I didn’t write this book. http://amzn.to/gq4wC4
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 Where’s the Birth Certificate?: The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President Amazon.com: Where’s the Birth Certificate?: The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President (9781936488292): Jerome Corsi: Books |
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| Apr 27, 2011 at 4:12 PM | |
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| http://bit.ly/gSlWjP Even for the small band that sustained the phony controversy until now, the birth certificate so-called issue ends today. | |
| Apr 27, 2011 at 2:42 PM | |
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RT @normative: #facepalm MT @brianbeutler: Fox headline: “WH Releases What it Says Is President Obama’s Long-Form Birth Certificate” http://t.co/wlaMI5f
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| Apr 27, 2011 at 1:35 PM | |
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