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Twitter roundup (4/13-4/15) Brendan Nyhan Apr 15, 2011 at 9:39 PM
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	BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan RT @AdamSerwer: The Elite Anti-Birther backlash http://ampro.me/eMmWhS // See, e.g., Wehner in the WSJ yesterday: http://j.mp/haW2S9
	The elite birther backlash - The Plum Line - The Washington Post Posted at 10:52 AM ET, 04/15/2011 As the 2012 presidential campaign approaches, a birther backlash is emerging among Republican elites. This backlash provides an example of a dynamic we’re likel...
	Former Bush Official Warns Against "The Birther Trap" | Media Matters for America April 14, 2011 2:16 pm ET by Eric Boehlert Writing in the  conservative opinion pages today, former Bush administration official Peter Wehner warns Republicans that embracing the Donald Trump-le...
	Apr 15, 2011 at 4:06 PM
	BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan RT @ppppolls Only 38% of GOP voters willing to vote for non-birther http://j.mp/eCLoDF // 23% no, 39% DK. Results: http://j.mp/f1QOBc (PDF)
	Public Policy Polling: Trump takes the lead Only 38% of Republican primary voters say they're willing to support a candidate for President next year who firmly rejects the birther theory and those folks want Mitt Romney to be their nomine...
	http://www.publicpolicypolling .com/pdf/PPP_Release_US_041492 5.pdf
	Apr 15, 2011 at 3:45 PM
	BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan UW conference panel on "Polling, Partisanship & Polarization" featuring @pollsandvotes http://j.mp/hRVyFm (live stream 2:45 PM CDT)
	In Your Face: Partisan Media in a Democracy » Session V Panelists will explore integrity and bias in polling on social and political issues. How do polls help us understand opinion and how are they used to drive opinion? What are the greatest challen...
	Apr 15, 2011 at 3:24 PM
	BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan RT @SteveKornacki Comparing Obama's relationship w/ his base to his 5 immediate predecessors' relationship w/ theirs http://bit.ly/fAIZsi
	War Room: How a president loses his party's base Former President Jimmy Carter and President Barack Obama Barack Obama's speech on Wednesday, in which he aggressively challenged the deficit reduction blueprint being embraced by congressional R...
	Apr 15, 2011 at 3:19 PM
	BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan RT @ByronYork: Noonan: Obama 'will likely lose in 2012.' Brooks: 'Doesn't take a genius to see that Obama is very likely to be re-elected.'
	Apr 15, 2011 at 3:06 PM
	BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan Abramowitz on why Dems could take back the House -- GOP defending lots of marginal seats, more favorable electorate http://j.mp/hDI4Pt
	Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » WHY DEMOCRATS COULD TAKE BACK THE HOUSE IN 2012 , Between 1932 and 1994, Democrats controlled the U.S. House of Representatives for 58 of 62 years. Since then, however, party control has changed three times, with Republicans controlling the H...
	Apr 14, 2011 at 7:40 PM
	BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan RT @JoshuaGreen: Mitt Romney won't share birth certificate, spent years in a country hostile to America, steeped in colonial thinking: http://bit.ly/eLOYWw
	Where's Mitt Romney's Birth Certificate? - Joshua Green - Politics - The Atlantic - Joshua Green is a senior editor of and a weekly political columnist for the More Joshua Green is a senior editor of and a weekly political columnist for the . He has also written for , , , and...
	Apr 14, 2011 at 3:15 PM
	BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan What is the precedent for Trump riding birtherism to a lead in national polls? Equivalent of McKinney leading Ds in '03 on truther platform.
	Apr 14, 2011 at 2:58 PM
	BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan Credit to Romney for distancing himself from birthers: "I think the citizenship test has been passed" http://j.mp/eDhepn (via @mattyglesias)
	Mitt Romney to birthers: Barack Obama was born here. Period. - Kasie Hunt Mitt Romney to birthers: Barack Obama was born here. Period. Read more 2012 Live Main Content Friends E-mail(s) Separate emails with a comma. Maximum of 5 emails allowed. 'I believe the presiden...
	Apr 14, 2011 at 2:21 PM
	BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan .@jonathanchait: Obama's "habit of letting legislative failure be his failure has maximized the GOP's leverage" http://j.mp/hQGiJs
	Obama Should Hold Off On A Deficit Deal | 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.
	Apr 14, 2011 at 2:05 PM
	BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan RT @daveweigel: Weird coincidence! RT @GOP12: Trump to give prez decision date on Apprentice finale. http://bit.ly/gCo4hO
	Trump to make announcement about announcement Washington (CNN) -- Proving once again that Donald Trump knows a bit about publicity, the business man and real estate mogul will make an announcement on the season finale of "Celebrity Apprenti...
	Apr 14, 2011 at 1:41 PM
	BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan RT @gallupnews: Budget Rises as Most Important Problem to Highest Since '96...http://bit.ly/eW888p // But still only 17%; often overstated.
	Budget Rises as Most Important Problem to Highest Since '96 Americans are now more likely to name the federal budget as the most important problem facing the country than they have been at any time since 1996. Mentions of unemployment are down, to their ...
	Apr 13, 2011 at 11:48 PM
	BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan Traditional "most important problem" questions understate Americans' concerns about global warming http://j.mp/hOvX17
	Majority of Americans Continue to Believe that Global Warming is Real - Woods Institute Woods Institute for the Environment - Stanford University - Creating Practical Solutions for People and the Planet
	Apr 13, 2011 at 9:09 PM
	BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan UGA's Keith Poole has created a visualization of the polarization of debt ceiling votes over time http://j.mp/i7dhPS
	Will Congress Raise the Debt Ceiling? | voteview The US federal government is rapidly approaching its borrowing limit of $14.3 trillion. Although it is unclear precisely when we would reach the cliff–Treasury Secretary Geithner pins the date a...
	Apr 13, 2011 at 6:00 PM
	BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan RT @ThePlumLineGS: Is Obama's problem with the liberal base way overstated? @adamserwer makes the case: http://wapo.st/gOcm0Y
	Obama’s problem with liberal base is way overstated - The Plum Line - The Washington Post Posted at 12:03 PM ET, 04/13/2011 It’s a seductive Beltway storyline: The President is in danger of losing liberals by ceding too much ground to Republicans. That’s the subject of a big Washingt...
	Apr 13, 2011 at 5:36 PM
	BrendanNyhan Brendan Nyhan Via @jstrevino, @pareene and @jonathanchait drop the hammer on Thomas Friedman http://bit.ly/i4JxfE http://j.mp/dOuiNp
	The New York Times: Even Egyptian hotel employees need Thomas Friedman to explain their country to them The New York Times columnist with the unlimited expense account has another suspicious exchange with a local
	I Am Huge In Libya | 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.
	Apr 13, 2011 at 5:34 PM