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April 25, 2013 11:53 AM Republicans Will Clobber Obamacare Until They Hug It

After John Boehner was elected leader of the House Republicans in 2006, Fox News host Chris Wallace asked him what was, at the time, an obvious question: “Medicare prescription drug benefit,” Wallace said. “How do you think it’s working?” This...

By Ezra Klein

April 23, 2013 9:00 AM Do Partisans Believe What They Say?

Markus Prior writes: On factual survey questions about economic conditions, opponents of the president often report significantly worse economic performance than supporters of the president. Scholars have so far interpreted this finding to mean that partisan respondents cannot even agree...

By Andrew Gelman

April 22, 2013 8:47 AM The Partisan Effects of Immigration Reform

Alex Engler writes: I just finished an article for the Georgetown Public Policy Review that you might be interested in. I took a thorough look at the influence of the Hispanic vote in congressional races in 2012, and how the...

By Andrew Gelman

April 08, 2013 10:07 AM Do Political Endorsements Work?

When political scientists make claims that party insiders are influential in primary or general elections (and we do that from time to time), there's an assumption built in there that endorsements matter. Endorsements are the primary means by which an...

By Seth Masket

April 05, 2013 1:10 PM The Real Story About Black Conservatives

I hope everyone has read the latest Ta-Nehisi Coates NYT item, this one about Benjamin Carson and other Obama-era black conservatives. It's as good as you would expect it to be. It sparked a series of tweets from Jamelle Bouie...

By Jonathan Bernstein