[Posted by Karl] I really don’t mean to pick on Jonathan Chait here — he just happens to be representative of many left of center in this instance. Last Friday, the story was all about Obama’s improved standing in the polls, with Gallup as an outlier (to be dismissed like Rasmussen, as if that makes [...]
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[Posted by Karl] Jonathan Chait disagrees. He’s wrong, as he is about many things. But he’s wrong in ways worth discussing. Chait’s target is the recent Third Way poll of independent voters, which he doesn’t like because “Third Way... Read Post
bu Patrick Appel Jonathan Chait believes that Ryan's nomination "represents a moment when the conservative movement ceased to control the politicians from behind the scenes and openly assumed the mantle of power": What makes Ryan so... Read Post
Jonathan Chait defends himself and journo-list. It was just a water-cooler list-serv that just happened to be open only to liberals whom Ezra Klein liked. (Why writers and reporters cannot kibbitz one on one or share their private t... Read Post