Media
Reading the Tweet Leaves: Sarah Palin’s Vanishing Act
Palin tweeting 64 percent less frequently in 2011 compared to 2010
Read MoreFortune Cookie Politics: Bachmann Delivers Budget Message to Obama from the Chinese
“You shouldn’t overspend at the moment. Frugality is important.’
Read MoreOut of Power But Leading the Charge: Nancy Pelosi Issues the Most Press Releases of 2011
Former Speaker Pelosi issues the most press releases of any U.S. Representative during the first three months of 2011
Read MoreCharlie Sheen Eclipses New York Times in Twitter Followers
Sheen reaches 3 million followers in less than three record-setting weeks – surpassing all but one news outlet, one president, and a few dozen entertainers along the way
Read MoreMost Popular Google Autocomplete Search Results for the Nation’s 50 Governors
While most top gubernatorial Google autocomplete search results are mundane, “Nazi,” “racist,” “birth certificate,” and “death panel” define some governors
Read MoreScott Walker Dominates 2011 Media Coverage of Gubernatorial Politics
Wisconsin governor has been mentioned in 26 percent of cable TV gubernatorial news stories in 2011 – more than 42 other governors combined
Read MoreSelection Bias? PolitiFact Rates Republican Statements as False at 3 Times the Rate of Democrats
PolitiFact assigns “Pants on Fire” or “False” ratings to 39 percent of Republican statements compared to just 12 percent of Democrats since January 2010
Read MoreMedia Myth Exposed: Loss of Democratic Governorships Not Key to Obama’s 2012 Battleground State Prospects
Since 1968, Democratic presidential candidates have had the same success rate in carrying states with Democratic governors as Republican governors – 33 percent
Read MoreGubernatorial Horserace Polling Down Slightly from 2006, Rasmussen Dominates the Field
Polling up substantially in New York and Nevada but down big in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Maryland
Read MoreTwitter Wars: Tarryl Clark vs. Michele Bachmann
Clark campaign delivers twelve times as many ‘tweet attacks’ as Bachmann
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