 Twitter roundup (5/12-5/18)May 18, 2011 at 6:41 PM |
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RT @willwilkinson Romney and cognitive dissonance http://econ.st/ijVlaW
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 Romney and cognitive dissonance May 17th 2011, 19:21 by W.W. | IOWA CITY FOR my money, the most interesting thing about Mitt Romney’s health-care speech last week wasn’t his struggle to defend Romneycare and distance it from O… |
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| May 18, 2011 at 4:05 PM | |
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Never thought I’d see this. RT @benpolitico: Obama campaign hawking long-form t-shirts http://is.gd/SzEVxq #notparody
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 Get your Made in the USA T-shirt today The ridiculous birth certificate controversy might never go away — so lets have some fun with it. Get a limited-edition Made in the USA T-shirt featuring a picture of the Presidents birth cer… |
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| May 18, 2011 at 3:48 PM | |
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“[Cornell] West’s ego, not the health of American democracy, is the wounded creature in this story” http://j.mp/ihqYbZ
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 Cornel West v. Barack Obama | The Nation |
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| May 18, 2011 at 2:06 PM | |
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Update: Jacksonville City Council candidate endorsed by MC Hammer has a narrow lead going into expected recount http://j.mp/jhbscw
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| May 18, 2011 at 1:48 PM | |
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Generic Ballot Polling Review at Stochastic Democracy http://bit.ly/kv0MlS
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 Stochastic Democracy: Generic Ballot Polling Review With renewed media focus on House Generic Ballot polling, it’s a good idea to see how things have shifted since the election: The past two months of Generic Ballot Polling. For a fu… |
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| May 18, 2011 at 12:49 PM | |
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.@mattyglesias (who should do poli sci) on how the status quo bias of the political system empowers judicial activism http://j.mp/ihaxrQ
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 Yglesias » Affordable Care Act Litigation And Judicial Review May 16th, 2011 at 6:20 pm I’ve long been a bit skeptical of the merits of American-style strong judicial review as an institution. The practice is associated with some important human rights gai… |
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| May 17, 2011 at 7:46 PM | |
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Boston Review symposium on fixing Congress with many contributions from political
scientists — recommended http://j.mp/mtafbt |
 Boston Review — New Democracy Forum: Fixing Congress Since 1975, an award-winning forum for political, cultural and literary ideas. |
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| May 17, 2011 at 4:26 PM | |
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Via John Sides, @leedrutman summarizes new poli sci research into the effects of anger and anxiety http://j.mp/jkO6c3
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 Anger, Politics and the Wisdom of Uncertainty | Miller-McCune It’s the (Alleged) End of the World as We Know It Was Osama bin Laden’s Burial Handled Correctly? Sensory Deprivation Boosts Musicians’ Skill Level Religious Affiliation and Brain Shrinkage Less… |
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| May 17, 2011 at 4:09 PM | |
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Dear Bill Clinton: even an independent government agency is not going to be effective at stopping rumors http://j.mp/iK2bYI
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 Bill Clinton: Create Internet agency – Jennifer Epstein Bill Clinton doesn’t like all the misinformation and rumors floating on the Internet. And he thinks the United Nations or the U.S. government should create an agency to do something about it. “I… |
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| May 17, 2011 at 4:07 PM | |
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Krugman weighs in on the disappearing Tax Foundation blog post RT @NYTimeskrugman: Apparatchiks http://nyti.ms/igSeKs
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| Apparatchiks – NYTimes.com Memory holes don’t work like they used to. | |
| May 17, 2011 at 1:52 PM | |
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MT @marklotto That @nytimes ran 50+ pieces about Trump in last 2 months goes unmentioned in this media scolding piece http://nyti.ms/iNxrKM
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 Trump Bows Out, but Spotlight Barely Dims – NYTimes.com Donald J. Trump brought attention to a media culture that seems to give attention to the most outrageous voices. |
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| May 17, 2011 at 12:59 PM | |
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FrumForum’s @Noahkgreen reports that a followup Tax Foundation post was also deleted http://j.mp/lJr96S Alternate copy: http://j.mp/myzIQ3
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| Why Did Think Tank Kill Journal Critique? | FrumForum A very large hat-tip goes out to blogger Brendan Nyhan who has noticed that the Tax Foundation has deleted a blog post on their site which was very critical of an editorial graphic published in … | |
| Where the Taxable Income Is, Continued | OcTaxLaw.com Yesterday I wrote a post about a chart that appeared in a Wall Street Journal editorial last month. The chart was nonsense for a variety of reasons, but it | |
| May 17, 2011 at 12:57 PM | |
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Dog bites man. RT @SteveKornacki: I was right, Chris Matthews was wrong http://bit.ly/j6xXsH
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 War Room: I was right, Chris Matthews was wrong My betting career, such as it is, is marked with humiliating failure. I liked San Diego State to win this year’s NCAA tournament, loved Penn State in the 2009 Rose Bowl, and have bet more than o… |
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| May 16, 2011 at 7:20 PM | |
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Zogby claims 11% have doubts OBL is dead, 8% not sure; group skews right and downscale. Caveats apply given the source.http://j.mp/mjh6Rm
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| The Daily Number – 19% – WWW.THEDAILY.COM | |
| May 16, 2011 at 5:35 PM | |
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“Should Political Scientists Care More About Politics?” http://j.mp/lsx8Z1 See also @smotus: http://j.mp/iIkIT9
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| Should Political Scientists Care More About Politics? — The Monkey Cage Archon Fung says yes in his review of Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson’s Winner Take All Politics for the Boston Review, and name-checks Lee Sigelman. One might think that the counterweight would c… | |
 Enik Rising: Are political scientists under-engaged? Via Henry Farrell and Archon Fung , here’s a notable quote from the late great Lee Sigelman: If “speaking truth to power” and contributing directly to public dialogue about the merits and demeri… |
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| May 16, 2011 at 12:55 PM | |
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“Antipathy to traditional role of the Fed is…one of the worst intellectual developments… in recent memory” http://j.mp/jVgCW4
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| May 16, 2011 at 12:53 PM | |
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Surprising level of elite interest MT @jonward11 if Daniels gets in it makes TPaw’s route tougher http://j.mp/iRuh9k (via @benpolitico)
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 The Anti-Romney Primary: Tim Pawlenty Waits For Mitch Daniels To Decide WASHINGTON â Tim Pawlenty is in limbo. Two events over the next couple of months will go a long way to determining the former Minnesota governor’s chances of winning the Republican presidentia… |
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| May 13, 2011 at 4:53 PM | |
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.@gothamist on Huckabee video of how “Reagan saved America from dangers of debt & knife-wielding thugs in disco t-shirts” http://j.mp/jAOOkq
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 Video: Mike Huckabee’s History Cartoon Warns About Dangers Of Disco: Gothamist For far too long innocent children growing up in Obamerica have been brainwashed to believe that they should feel guilty for being such awesome Americans. Mike Huckabee is pretty fed up with wha… |
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| May 13, 2011 at 4:47 PM | |
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.@jonathanchait on Romney’s “Al Gore Problem”: http://j.mp/mF9jFK Here’s my take on his Gore-like coverage (from March): http://j.mp/fKqu4i
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 The “Al Gore Problem,” Defined | The New Republic Dana Milbank compares Mitt Romney to Al Gore: This is a perfect demonstration of an Al Gore problem, but I’d define the problem differently. An Al Gore problem is what happens when the media for… |
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| May 13, 2011 at 4:32 PM | |
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RT @GrahamDavidA: It looks like @JRubinBlogger is trying to muscle in on Gail Collins’ turf with Romney dog jokes: http://j.mp/lbQ7yX
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 Jennifer Rubin’s Twitter the only idea dumber than this speech was strapping the irish setter to the top of the car |
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| May 13, 2011 at 4:26 PM | |
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RT @GrahamDavidA: I personally would like @SarahPalinUSA to prove she knows the words to “Rapper’s Delight” w/ a primetime FNC rendition: http://j.mp/kksbzN
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 Sarah Palin: Common Invitation To White House Lacked ‘Class And Decency’ (VIDEO) Sarah Palin took issue with the White House inviting Grammy Award-winning rapper and actor Common, born Lonnie Rashin Lynn Jr., to a poetry event hosted by the first lady on Wednesday night. |
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| May 12, 2011 at 4:11 PM | |
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RT @GOP12: Huntsman starts quest to beat Romney by making same mistakes Romney did in ’08–shift right, poll everything http://bit.ly/mUb8DC
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 GOP 12: The Mitt Romney in Jon Huntsman From Melinda Henneberger’s new interview with Jon Huntsman: |
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| May 12, 2011 at 4:10 PM | |
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Useful comparison to McCain muddling through on immigration RT @SteveKornacki: Why health care may not doom Romney http://bit.ly/lZamIg
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 2012 Elections: Why healthcare may not doom Mitt Romney after all Fact No. 1: That “ObamaCare” and its individual mandate represent a freedom-killing abomination is an article of faith to today’s Republican Party base. Fact No. 2: Mitt Romney, who entered the … |
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| May 12, 2011 at 2:41 PM | |