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…the percentage of respondents who accept the Birther myth is, if anything, even higher than it was before Obama released his long-form certificate. Adam Berinsky, writing at Model Politics.  He is referring to Republican respondents in that passage.

I actually don’t have any Monkey Cage-type comments to make – I just wanted to put this picture up on the blog… What a game!!

Is China beating the United States? It depends what ruler you use.

Last weekend Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that sought to address the violence in Syria. The vote was 13-2. The resolution did not authorize the use of force or sanctions but merely condemned the violence perpetrated by the Syrian government and endorsed an Arab League plan that required Assad to yield […]

Ross Douthat: In the most recent Gallup poll on abortion, as many Americans described themselves as pro-life as called themselves pro-choice. A combined 58 percent of Americans stated that abortion should either be “illegal in all circumstances” or “legal in only a few circumstances.” These results do not vary appreciably by gender: in the first […]

Both parties know that prison populations are one of the easiest ways to make partisan gains during redistricting time. 

In my post on Friday, I suggested that the cold would probably push down the number of protesters in yesterday’s protest, and the resulting story would be about a protest movement losing steam. Instead – in a sign perhaps of just how important the expectations game has become – the story actually appears to be […]

President Obama is the most moderate Democratic president since the end of World War II, while President George W. Bush was the most conservative president in the post-war era. For more, see Keith Poole’s post at Voteview.

Climate change will lead to water shortages and other environmental problems, but probably not increased violence. 

As the New York Times notes, it is going to be very cold (as in, negative 10 F, temperatures in which it can be difficult to breath) in Moscow this Saturday for the next scheduled anti-Putin protest. As a result – despite the opportunity to send a very powerful signal by having a huge turn […]