From my Twitter feed (10/3-10/7)Oct 7, 2011 at 4:21 PM | |
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![]() | .@CJRDaily on "Obama's disconnect" http://j.mp/nd5gSG Reminder: Only popular presidents "connect" http://j.mp/b5VUvC He's not so no surprise |
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Oct 7, 2011 at 4:04 PM | |
![]() | Yes. Very easy to "connect" if growth is high MT @dankennedy_nu And only presidents who are in office during good economic times are popular |
Oct 7, 2011 at 4:11 PM | |
![]() | Strong work RT @pemalevy: I can tweet this cause I heart Joe Biden. http://t.co/JAjQjxGl |
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Oct 7, 2011 at 2:06 PM | |
![]() | Ouch: Lead anecdote in top NYT story is about unemployed guy with PhD in poli sci http://j.mp/oTSfkQ |
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Oct 7, 2011 at 11:40 AM | |
![]() | Not clear why NYT thinks Dan Tolleson is representative of unemployed - totally unusual example http://j.mp/pMX5mH |
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Oct 7, 2011 at 12:38 PM | |
![]() | He's a member of the Constitution Party - "major parties continue to drive our country toward a socialist, 1-world govt." http://j.mp/oMLnIw |
T. Dan Tolleson | LinkedIn Public Policy researcher and advisor with proven expertise in editing and producing written material for managing public and government affairs. Highly effective communicator with excellent inte... | |
Oct 7, 2011 at 12:39 PM | |
![]() | RT @Rule22blog: Using the Nuclear Option to Limit Post-Cloture Obstructionism, Not Deliberation http://t.co/azwFdxWo |
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Oct 7, 2011 at 12:18 PM | |
![]() | RT @ProfStevenSmith: For background on the legislative environment in which Reid's move occurred, see this paper on the "Senate syndrome." http://t.co/JXkwvYHk |
The Senate Syndrome The most important developments in the Senate’s modern procedural history concern adaptation to, circumvention of, or reform of the super-majority requirement for cloture under Rule XXII, which ... | |
Oct 7, 2011 at 10:54 AM | |
![]() | RT @ProfStevenSmith: "Changed the rule" is half of the story about what happened in Senate tonight. Long history to dealing with dilatory post-clotures moves |
Oct 7, 2011 at 10:54 AM | |
![]() | RT @RyanDEnos: NYTimes compares Steve Job's innovations to modern U.S. politics by sweeping generalization & absolutely no evidence. http://t.co/JpZ38OQq |
POLITICAL TIMES - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com | |
Oct 7, 2011 at 2:18 AM | |
![]() | Strained metaphor alert RT @MattBai: If only #stevejobs had been able to create iPolitics -http://nyti.ms/qCibuU |
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Oct 7, 2011 at 12:46 AM | |
![]() | Slate horse race animation by @WillOremus is amusing but would be more informative to use @Intrade data instead of polls http://j.mp/qTIQvO |
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Oct 6, 2011 at 7:41 PM | |
![]() | Obama got a scandal question re: Solyndra & Fast and Furious from @jaketapper at presser today http://j.mp/nFC1vy (via @jbplainblog) |
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Oct 6, 2011 at 6:34 PM | |
![]() | Too much cable-watching by pols: "Daley keeps his TV tuned to CNBC to keep track of how the fiscal battles are playing" http://j.mp/oALVmk |
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Oct 6, 2011 at 5:52 PM | |
![]() | Collins yet again (#23): "I cannot really figure out that many ways to mention that Romney once drove..." http://j.mp/nqXkey Yes, yes u can |
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Oct 6, 2011 at 11:29 AM | |
![]() | You think? RT @dankennedy_nu: Gail Collins is definitely tweaking @BrendanNyhan: http://t.co/Ud33wwCX |
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Oct 6, 2011 at 12:35 PM | |
![]() | RT @GrahamDavidA: .@BrendanNyhan Butch Otter is the new Willow the Cat is the new Mitt Romney's dog—2 mentions in last 2 Collins columns: http://j.mp/r9fAJB |
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Oct 6, 2011 at 3:58 PM | |
![]() | RT @smotus: Attention liberals who pine for Clinton the partisan fighter: quit yer whinin'. http://t.co/H8u0gjgF |
Enik Rising: How quickly we forget A busy schedule and a tight budget unfortunately kept me from attending last weekend's Clinton '92 campaign reunion in Little Rock. I have no idea if the Washington Post 's coverage of the event... | |
Oct 6, 2011 at 11:01 AM | |
![]() | Political reporters - read this! RT @kwcollins: Five questions to improve campaign finance reporting http://t.co/8WIv58aM |
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Oct 5, 2011 at 4:10 PM | |
![]() | RT @victorylab: Filling in at @fivethirtyeight, John Sides has a great summary of what we think we know about how campaign ads work http://t.co/5USHTrHh |
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Oct 5, 2011 at 2:25 PM | |
![]() | Recommended: @jbplainblog on the 2 tracks of the GOP primary http://t.co/Q2OAz7y9 and how Christie did actually run http://t.co/t3ZyssNp |
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A plain blog about politics: Christie Out Chris Christie is out of WH 2012 . You'll see lots of people saying he decided not to run. You know what? I think that's probably wrong. I think he did run for president for a few wee... | |
Oct 5, 2011 at 1:46 PM | |
![]() | NYT runs letter from neuroscientists debunking "Love Ur iPhone" op-ed: http://j.mp/o16n57 (via @hardsci) My post on it: http://j.mp/pZQiK9 |
russpoldrack.org: NYT Letter to the Editor: The uncut version | |
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Oct 5, 2011 at 11:06 AM | |
![]() | RT @hardsci: Presidential rhetoric becomes simpler in re-election years. An old post that is getting relevant again: http://t.co/UjvE51V5 |
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Oct 5, 2011 at 12:24 AM | |
![]() | Let’s Check Some Predictions on Divided Government by John Sides @monkeycageblog http://j.mp/oQQxoM Score: Poli sci 1, pundits 0 |
Let’s Check Some Predictions on Divided Government — The Monkey Cage Matt Bai, January 7, 2010: Sure, all things being equal, a president would rather have his allies firmly in control than not. But recent presidents have had more success when forced to work with... | |
Oct 4, 2011 at 12:27 PM | |
![]() | Brutal that Obama is already conceding this: "I don't think that [Americans are] better off than they were 4 years ago" http://j.mp/nVIE84 |
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Oct 4, 2011 at 11:23 AM | |
![]() | Obama scandal watch - A1 WP story on Solyndra, but not called a scandal (term was used in online story yesterday) http://j.mp/niJl6k |
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Oct 4, 2011 at 11:19 AM | |
![]() | Authors bizarrely suggest suicide rate/sad natl anthem lyrics relationship assoc could be causal http://t.co/WrnLHqNx (gated but link works) |
Ammons Scientific - LYRICS OF NATIONAL ANTHEMS AND SUICIDE RATES Psychological Reports, est.1955; Peer-reviewed, bimonthly publication; Empirical, theoretical, mainstream, and alternative views on issues in psychology. Vol. 109, Iss. 1 (August 2011) The Richa... | |
Oct 4, 2011 at 2:17 AM | |
Though Brendan tweets about scandal ("Obama got a scandal question re: Solyndra & Fast and Furious from @jaketapper at presser today"), in fact Tapper never used the word "scandal." He called them "controversies."
The definition of scandal that Brendan himself has used in his research is whether the Washington Post has referred to a controversy as a scandal on its front page in a headline or in a reporter's voice. By that standard, neither Solyndra nor Fast and Furious is a scandal.
At least with respect to Solyndra, the Post's editorial board may well be right in referring to it as a boondoggle rather than a scandal. The real issues in Solyndra are what Larry Summers wrote in an unguarded moment, that the government "is a crappy vc," and the folly of spending tens of billions of dollars to create a relative handful of jobs. Whether or not there was crony capitalism in the government's helping hand to a big Obama contributor is an issue that may well become the focus of a scandal, but the larger issues, even though only a controversy, deserve the greater attention.
Of course, the time-honored wisdom that it's always the cover-up that gets you may well prove true with respect to both Solyndra and Fast and Furious. Or perhaps not. The cover-up with respect to the New Black Panther Party prosecution didn't become a scandal in the Washington Post's telling. If a tree falls in the forest but the Washington Post didn't have its hearing aid in, did a tree fall?
Posted by: Rob | October 07, 2011 at 02:00 PM
It seems bizarre that Reid used the nuclear option to prevent the Senate from voting on Obama's Jobs Bill. Reid's apparent purpose was to spare the President and Reid the embarassment of the bill not getting a majority vote in the Democratic Senate.
Whether or not this vote took place seems quite unimportant, since everyone agrees that the bill itself had no chance to pass. I'm sorry to see the "nuclear option" utilized for such a petty purpose.
Posted by: David in Cal | October 07, 2011 at 08:46 PM