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Jim Cooper wrongly blames Gingrich for polarization

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Joe Nocera's New York Times column today features Rep. Jim Cooper, a moderate Tennessee Democrat, lamenting the state of Congress. Unfortunately, Cooper almost completely misunderstands cause and effect in his diagnosis of legislative po...

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Comment by Phenobarbarella on “Third party hype: Thomas Friedman redux”

Time to define another set of FUs (Friedman Units)? Perhaps this time could be measured in sugges...

Posted by: Phenobarbarella | July 26, 2011 at 06:29 PM

Comment by David in Cal on “Third party hype: Thomas Friedman redux”

If a third party gets a significant number of votes next year, who will be hurt more, Dems or Rep...

Posted by: David in Cal | July 25, 2011 at 02:13 PM

Thomas Friedman's third party nonsense

The dream of the independent third party presidential candidate shall never die -- at least in the columns of elite pundits like Thomas Friedman. In his latest effort, Friedman predicts "a serious third party candidate" for the presidenc...

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Twitter roundup

Brendan NyhanSep 30, 2010 at 3:28pmFrom my Twitter feed (9/17-9/20)BrendanNyhanSep 17, 2010 at 6:31amBarry Pump has more on GOP unfavs -- we're in uncharted territory (much worse #s than Dems, contradicts generic ballot) http://j.mp/9Qks...

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Comment by David on “Third party hype: 2010 edition”

Chait and Fornier are addressing similar, but not identical, issues. Chait argues that the Elect...

Posted by: David | May 19, 2010 at 02:56 PM

Comment by metrichead.blogspot.com on “Lincoln Chafee falls for third party fantasy”

But as far as a presidential candidate making an impact as a third party or independent - see Ros...

Posted by: metrichead.blogspot.com | February 22, 2010 at 07:44 PM

Twitter roundup

Here are some of the latest items from my Twitter feed (follow it!): -Via Matthew Yglesias, Mark Schmitt has a nice take on how Harold Ford's campaign is the latest independent/third party fantasy (see also my previous posts on the su...

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Frank Rich: Hack

As TNR's Jon Chait points out, Frank Rich's column about GOP infighting in New York's 23rd Congressional district is full of nasty rhetoric comparing the GOP to murderous regimes, cults, etc.: [T]he real action migrated to New York’s ...

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Ron Paul: The elephant in the room

I'm usually a hater when it comes to people floating third-party scenarios, but why isn't anyone talking about a Ron Paul third-party run? What is he going to do with all that money? He can't possibly spend it all on his lame ads, can he?

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