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Against The Vice Presidency 
(unknown author) via Matthew Yglesias on Tue, 07 Oct. 2008
Shared by Jarred
i didn't even know there was such a law, huh... that explains why they wait...
Gene Healy, surveying the wreckage of the Cheney years and the odd answers given at the VP debate to questions about the scope of the Veep’s powers, says: “Here’s hoping that Vice Pres
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Of Authors And Books
(unknown author) via Matthew Yglesias on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
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obama wrote jim webb's books?? SCANDAL!
Newsweek’s Jon Meacham on John McCain:
John McCain is a man of accomplishment and curiosity, of wide and deep reading, travel and experience. He is smart without being a snob. He has authored legislation and books. He
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Today in Geography
myglesias via Matthew Yglesias on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
It’s very strange that the McCain campaign can’t seem to figure out which country is where:
Three days after a mostly gaffe-free debate performance, the Alaska governor fumbled during a speech in which she praised U.S. soldiers for “fighting terrorism an
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Guilt By Association
myglesias via Matthew Yglesias on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
Barack Obama once served on a board with ex-Weatherman William Ayers. John McCain:
Watergate crook Gordon Liddy has contributed money to McCain’s campaigns, hosted a fundraiser for him, and received praise from McCain for his adherence to principle.
McCain sought out, and received, the endorsement of the Rev John Hagee who believes that Katrina was God’s punishment to New O
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Hagan and Transit
myglesias via Matthew Yglesias on Sun, 05 Oct. 2008
Like Atrios, I haven’t really paid any attention to the North Carolina Senate race and thus don’t know anything about it beyond the fact that Democratic challenger K
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Palin and Sudan
myglesias via Matthew Yglesias on Sun, 05 Oct. 2008
When I heard Sarah Palin say at the VP debate that she’d had the Alaska Permanent Fund divest from Sudan to protest the Sudanese government’s actions in Darfur, I assumed that she had, in fact, had the Alaska Permanent Fund divest from Sudan. On the one hand, it was a totally plausible story — a lot of publicly controlled funds have divested. And on the other hand, it would be bizarre to
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Presidents Behaving Badly
myglesias via Matthew Yglesias on Sun, 05 Oct. 2008
Ron Suskind is a great journalist, but this seems like a dubious distinction to me:
George Walker Bush is not a stupid or a bad man. But in his conduct as presi
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Breakthroughs
myglesias via Matthew Yglesias on Sun, 05 Oct. 2008
Brad DeLong calls our attention to the fact that Bobby May is part of the McCain-Palin Virginia Leadership Team, and Treasurer of the Buchanan County (VA) Republican Party. And also author of a pamphlet claiming that Barack Obama favors “Mandatory Black Liberation Theology classes,” w
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McCain and G. Gordon Liddy
myglesias via Matthew Yglesias on Sun, 05 Oct. 2008
When I think about honor, integrity, and the principles that make America great, my thoughts turn naturally to Nixon administration apparatchiks. For some reason Steve Chapman
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Economist Poll of Economists
myglesias via Matthew Yglesias on Sun, 05 Oct. 2008
The overall sample of The Economist’s poll of economists turns up plenty of Democrats and lots of independents but few self-identifying Republicans, so it’s not clear what the overall results really tell you.
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Palin on Freedom of the Press
(unknown author) via Matthew Yglesias on Sun, 05 Oct. 2008
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admirable honesty!
I guess any time she speaks sentences that were clearly intended to be in the English language she “beats expectations” and Rich Lowry sees starbursts so I suppose we should
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“Budget Neutral” Means Revenue
myglesias via Matthew Yglesias on Sun, 05 Oct. 2008
I’ve seen focus group data indicating that the — entirely accurate — charge that John McCain is proposing a gigantic tax increase on employer-provided health care benefits is extremely effective. Consequently, it’s no surprise that the McCain campaign is furiously accusing Obama of lying. But Ben Furnas poin
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Conservatism = Debt
myglesias via Matthew Yglesias on Sat, 04 Oct. 2008
Cato’s David Boaz alleges that “it must be a great disappointment to Goldwater Republicans to discover this story that got almost no notice this week.” The story in question turns out to be about the burgeoning national debt in the
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Simmons Mocks Palin
myglesias via Matthew Yglesias on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
You know a narrative has really broken through when it starts popping up in the non-political media. For example, this Bill Simmons column:
I like rea
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Refutation by Pedantry
myglesias via Matthew Yglesias on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
During the debate, Joe Biden made the sensible observation that Mahmoud Ahmadenijad doesn’t control the Iranian security services. Rather, ultimate power is wielded by the clerical establishment with the Supreme Leader being, as the title implies, at the peak of the power structure. Michael Ledeen offers the following
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Michigan No More
myglesias via Matthew Yglesias on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
This is yesterday’s news, but I have to say that I was so surprised by the announcement that the McCain campaign is abandoning Michigan that I was initially inclined to believe it was some kind of fake-out. But it seems to be re
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Hail Mary
myglesias via Matthew Yglesias on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
Charles Krauthammer thinks Barack Obama is going to win the election. More interestingly, he uses a revealing metaphor: “Krauthammer’s Hail Mary Rule: You get
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“Ping Pong”
myglesias via Matthew Yglesias on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
Reader W.S. calls my attention to this Pitchfork item noting that it was a bit odd of Meghan McCain to choose Stereolab’s “Ping Pong” as her September 29, 2008 “song of the day.” The video:
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The Record II
myglesias via Matthew Yglesias on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
Pat Garofalo takes a look at the debt-to-GDP ratio:
As you can see, there are basically two kinds of situations in which this ratio skyrockets — either World War II breaks out, or e
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Converging to the Fundamentals
myglesias via Matthew Yglesias on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
One of the fundamental disagreements between political journalists and political scientists is that journalists believe very strongly that campaign occurrences determine the outcome of elections. You can see this most strikingly in the current vogue for declaring that one candidate or another has won a certain week as if months-long campaign seasons are chock full of consequential occu
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