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Face-to-face Campaigning in Action

By Daniel Strauss - Jan 14th, 2009 at 9:50 am

The good, graph-loving people at The Monkey Cage pass this one along:

John Sides, the post’s author, cites research by Steven Rosenstone and Mark Hansen…

Et Tu, Dispatch?

By L. Russell Allen - Dec 17th, 2008 at 12:15 pm

I hate the Columbus Dispatch . It is a horrible, horrible paper that does a great disservice to the 15th most populous city in the…

Joe the Plumber is Appalled by McCain

By Loryn Wilson - Dec 10th, 2008 at 11:44 am

Just when you thought Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher would fade into obscurity, Politico reports that he is now denouncing John McCain’s campaign tactics, saying that he was…

Taste We Can Believe In

By Dylan Matthews - Nov 21st, 2008 at 3:51 pm

You know he’s a baller. You know he’s a nerd. But did you know Barack Obama is a picky eater, too (via)?
Obama was abstemious.…

The Race Chasm, Re-revisited

By Ned Resnikoff - Nov 21st, 2008 at 10:01 am

After the election, Mark Schmitt graded some of the models people used to predict the election, and gave David Sirota’s race chasm hypothesis a C-,…

Idiocracy

By L. Russell Allen - Nov 18th, 2008 at 5:19 pm

After deep introspection and soul searching, some of the torch bearers of the right have finally realized how Barack Obama won the presidency.
“Lots and…

What Made National Review So Crappy?

By Jesse Singal - Nov 18th, 2008 at 10:35 am

I’m a bit confused by The New York Times‘ article on National Review, which opens thusly:
In a span of 252 days, the National Review…

Why Would Anyone Dislike Sarah Palin?

By Jesse Singal - Nov 17th, 2008 at 11:59 am

Jeff Jacoby on Sarah Palin:
After witnessing the poise, energy, and panache with which John McCain’s 44-year-old running mate handled herself on the national stage,…

Nate Silver is a New-Media Superstar

By Matt Zeitlin - Nov 12th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

What’s especially striking about the Nate Silver and FiveThirtyEight.com phenomenon is how indicative it is of the Internet Age. Before widespread readership of blogs, or…

The McCain Campaign’s Tragic Legacy

By Ned Resnikoff - Nov 12th, 2008 at 11:25 am

This “Joe the Plumber” crap will just. Not. Die.
First, he got his own record deal, as if country music hasn’t suffered enough. And now,…

Conservative Paranoia

By L. Russell Allen - Nov 12th, 2008 at 10:42 am

With a Democratic legislature and a Democratic executive that can appoint a liberal judiciary, some conservatives are fearful of the changes that are going to…

Some Perspective

By Dylan Matthews - Nov 11th, 2008 at 4:45 pm

I’ve been groping for the right international analogy for the historical significance of Obama’s election, and it’s been tough, given the sui generis nature of…

Election Postmortems

By Kay Steiger - Nov 10th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

It’s never too soon (or too late) to run through exit polls and try to determine who “won” the election for Barack Obama. Ruth Rosen…

A Savvy Prediction

By Jesse Singal - Nov 7th, 2008 at 12:25 pm

Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune re-posts an old item from 2004:

Speaking to the Illinois delegation breakfast, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D.-Evanston) recalled a…

What’s the Matter With Alaska?

By Jesse Singal - Nov 7th, 2008 at 11:49 am

There’s a post up at the Washington Post’s site about some fishy numbers coming out of Alaska:
The final voter turnout numbers won’t be available…