Jamelle Bouie

Jamelle Bouie is a staff writer at The American Prospect.

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Lily White.

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Consider this the only time I'll approvingly quote Roland Burris:

The Wisdom of the People, or Lack Thereof.

From the Pew Research Center, "Public Knows Basic Facts About Politics, But Struggles with Specifics":

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Messaging Doesn't Matter.

Generally speaking, Republicans aren't actually more disciplined or organized than Democrats, and vice versa -- whether your side is "good enough" is usually a function of whether you're winning or losing. That said, I'll make an exception for messaging; when Republicans lose elections, you really don't hear them complain about it for weeks afterward:

In interviews after the marathon three hour meeting, several senators and senior aides told POLITICO that Nelson was just one of several senators to express anger at White House missteps – and air deep concerns about their own political fates if Obama and the Democratic Party leadership can’t turn things around by 2012. [...]

The Uncertain Future of Cable TV.

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Shani Hilton (my housemate, I should note) picks up on a report showing a steady decrease in the number of "cord-cutters" -- or people who don't pay for cable -- and argues that we're seeing the "slow death of cable":

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