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Republicans who put country over party: TBD

March 11, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, Activism, Community/Common good, Congress, Republican Brain, Republicans Leave a comment

On the evening of March 4, Saturday Night Live ran a parody movie trailer of a film about the next “stand-up Republican.” It seems

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Progressive Republican’s key role in Watergate probe

June 17, 2010 Arthur Lieber Congress, History, Politics 5 comments

NOTE: Today, June 17, 2010, is the thirty-eighth anniversary of the Watergate break-in. We have to give Richard Nixon some credit; his disregard for

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Public Opinion Polling

McCaskill

McCaskill vs. Hawley: What the pollster asked

April 17, 2018

Missouri’s incumbent U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill faces a challenge in November from

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American Communitiy Survey

American Community Survey: Is it useful? Is it safe?

April 7, 2018

I filled out the U.S. Department of Commerce’s American Community Survey today,

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Brexit

Brexit, Colombia, Trump, and the threat of the unexpected

November 4, 2016

This year pre-Brexit, polls in Britain were equivocal. Would Britain continue as

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poll

Inane questions undermine poll results

August 30, 2016

Last night, Rachel Maddow reported that a just-released national poll by liberal-leaning

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