tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post1454681250494521895..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Read Stuff, You ShouldJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-8973380193934222632012-06-12T12:09:25.151-05:002012-06-12T12:09:25.151-05:00Not being hard about myself -- I liked mine just f...Not being hard about myself -- I liked mine just fine. I liked his better.Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-81894068322696002342012-06-12T12:02:42.190-05:002012-06-12T12:02:42.190-05:00Re #3. JB, You're too hard on yourself. I thou...Re #3. JB, You're too hard on yourself. I thought what you said in an earlier Plum Line <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/is-obama-campaign-really-off-to-bad-start/2012/05/29/gJQAJPB6yU_blog.html" rel="nofollow">column</a> was applicable. A lot of stuff from the campaigns is trying to win news cycles, and it's way too early for that to matter. You ended with: "It's meaningless." So similar to the words Waldman uses, but your column is better because you focus on voters' responses, and Waldman focuses on the insular world of media.ModeratePolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721945380057992971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-81618699577750402692012-06-12T10:29:37.759-05:002012-06-12T10:29:37.759-05:00Re: #1: So Sides now thinks that Obama's situa...Re: #1: So Sides now thinks that Obama's situation is most comparable to Carter 1980, not, say, Bush 2004? It seems slightly odd to highlight the Carter comparison, but then say, oh yeah but Carter had significantly lower approval ratings. But perhaps this was the CNN journalist's framing, which Sides then reacted to?PFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00263515090451316188noreply@blogger.com