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Greatest campaign ad ever
This guy has two things going for him in my book: 1. he’s from Missouri. 2. he’s got the same last name as a Nationals player whom I have an autograph from (Will Nieves.) Yes, I’ve already donated to his … Continue reading
A point I’ve made for awhile…
Paul Krugman’s column today contains an interesting section concerning ill-informed voters: Unfortunately, however, the evidence suggests that issues don’t matter either, in part because voters are often deeply ill informed. Suppose, for example, that you believed claims that voters are … Continue reading
A very scary graph
From the Brookings Institute: That’s correct, if we add 500,000 jobs per month (which would set all kinds of records for job creation,) it would still take over 2 years to close the jobs deficit. If the USA adds an … Continue reading
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Why I hate the Politico, part 4
If you can’t tell from reading this blog, I hate the Politico. I HATE it. I really, really, really detest how they get caught up in beltway gossip and ignore the larger forces at work that shape elections throughout the … Continue reading
Glenn Greenwald and liberal dissent
I’ve always admired Salon.com’s Glenn Greenwald‘s work on detainee rights and pressing the Obama administration on civil liberties issues. For better or worse, he never allows personal likes or dislikes to effect his opinion on policy actions. But lately, he’s … Continue reading
Posted in media criticism, Obama, politics
Tagged Obama, politics, presidency, salon
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Some midterm questions (Updated)
Jonathan Bernstein and John Sides both have some interesting questions for reporters to follow when trying to cover the midterm elections. Because its a Monday night and I’m trying to find excuses not to study, I’ll give my own take … Continue reading
The Filibuster Problem
One reason I love charts is that they have a tendency to make a point very clear. Take, for instance, this chart on the number of times the filibuster has been used by the U.S. Senate over time: That’s quite … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Obama, politics, senate
Tagged congress, Democrats, filibuster, GOP, senate
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Why I hate the Politico, pt 2
Here’s the Politico’s catchy headline for one of their stories involving Palin’s criticism of Obama’s supposed misinterpretation of the new immigration policy in Arizona: Palin: Obama pushing racial ‘myth’ That sounds really controversial! Obama is obviously doing something, in regards … Continue reading
Posted in immigration, media criticism, Obama
Tagged Arizona, Obama, politico, politics
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Does the public really want less government? (Updated)
Joe Klein of Time, a writer with whom I agree 99% of the time, believes that Lindsey Graham backing away from climate change is a good thing for Democrats. This isn’t because it makes a climate bill easier to pass, … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Congress, immigration, Obama, politics
Tagged climate change, Democrats, government, immigration reform, joe klein, Republicans
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Death By Chart
So recently, someone decided to post a link to the deficit numbers for the last 10 years on facebook. It looked something like this: Big, scary chart, huh? Sure appears that Obama has really done some terrible horrible no good … Continue reading
