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Mark Penn wrong on “historical odds” of Obama victory
Democratic pollster Mark Penn writes the following: Only two Democrats in the last 90 years have been reelected to a second term — Franklin Roosevelt and Bill Clinton. The rest of the Democrats have seen their presidencies cut short, and so the historical odds of Obama winning a second term are at first glance not
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Twitter roundup
From my Twitter feed (3/29-4/5) Brendan Nyhan Apr 5, 2011 at 2:27 PM Powered by Keepstream BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan RT @SteveKornacki: Gregg Easterbrook claims 3 of last 7 WH elections decided by 3rd party spoilers. False! http://bit.ly/g3C1ty War Room: The myths that just won’t die Repeat after me: Ross Perot didn’t cost George H.W. Bush the
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From my Twitter feed (3/21-3/29) Brendan Nyhan Mar 29, 2011 at 1:35 PM Powered by Keepstream BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan Public opinion on Libya – the poli sci perspective from @jbplainblog http://j.mp/h6uNRY and Scott Althaus http://j.mp/e6HVCu Why Obama’s Poll Numbers Didn’t Get A Boost From The Libya Intervention. | The New Republic The New Republic covers politics,
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From my Twitter feed (3/17-3/21) Brendan Nyhan Mar 21, 2011 at 8:03 PM Powered by Keepstream BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan .@forecasterenten: "3 models say: It’s a Tossup" in 2012 http://j.mp/fGhgJk My original post on likelihood of close race http://j.mp/evvk26 Margin of Error: Three models say: It’s a Tossup in 2012 Prez Race In a few weeks, I’ll
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Upcoming AARP Michigan forum on misinformation
For those who are interested, I’ll be speaking at an AARP Michigan forum on political misinformation in Jackson, MI next Tuesday (free popcorn and soda!): AARP Michigan will host a community conversation in Jackson on March 29 about myths, facts and confusion surrounding media coverage of national health care reform and other big issues, such
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Twitter roundup
From my Twitter feed (3/14-3/17) Brendan Nyhan Mar 17, 2011 at 7:00 PM Powered by Keepstream BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan .@AdamSerwer on mistaken calls for Obama to use bully pulpit on gun control http://j.mp/i6B37m The Plum Line – Greg Sargent’s take on domestic politics and debate on the Hill. – The Washington Post Greg Sargent’s take on
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From my Twitter feed (3/4-3/14) Brendan Nyhan Mar 14, 2011 at 1:50 PM Powered by Keepstream BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan Elite backlash grows MT @jmartpolitico Intellectual right: Palin’s identity politics antithetical to conservatism http://politi.co/hug7XP ‘She’s becoming Al Sharpton, Alaska edition’ – Jonathan Martin and John F. Harris Palin’s politics of grievance and group identity has its costs.
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Is Mitt Romney the Al Gore of 2012?
The media’s coverage of Mitt Romney is showing signs of the pathologies that afflicted its coverage of Al Gore in the early stages of the 2000 presidential campaign. In 1999 and 2000, the press pummeled Gore, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, with absurdly trivial and hostile reporting and commentary on the number of buttons on
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From my Twitter feed (2/28-3/4) Brendan Nyhan Mar 4, 2011 at 5:19 pm Powered by Keepstream BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan RT @willwilkinson The Case of the Missing Conservative Social Psychologists http://bit.ly/hoxqWC The Case of the Missing Conservative Social Psychologists That’s the first post at my new Forbes blog on subjects at the intersection of psychology, economics, and
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Brendan Nyhan Feb 28, 2011 at 1:51pm From my Twitter feed (2/24-2/28) BrendanNyhan Feb 28, 2011 at 1:44pm Huckabee: People who say Obama is "definitely going to be a one-term president" are "obviously political illiterates" http://bit.ly/ebVpmY GOP reality check: Obama looking tougher to beat in 2012 – POLITICO.com Print ViewPOLITICO covers political news with a