And what i know here, if we look at the democratic races, a great deal of their competitive races have occurred when the candidate is leading in National Polls readers for the election. So right now doesnt run. Ted kennedy in 1972 and again in 1970s pics three years before the primaries he was the leading candidate. He didnt run. Gary hart dropped out in 1997. Mario cuomo didnt run in 1992. Hillary clinton didnt run in 2004. And each of those democratic years wound up being more competitive. We see a whole lot less agreement among party insiders. Im not showing it in this paper, but the endorsement data for these elections is a lot less consensus among democrats. They are dividing their support among different candidates, but also importantly much more of the Democratic Party establishment spits out. They dont make an endorsement at all. We see that in the republican side of it in 2008 and 2012. For republicans in those years mitt romney, for example, was the consensus pick of the esta
Next, a discussion about National Political party nominations, scandal, and comebacks, as well as rules changes for the 2016 election. This is part of the state of the parties conference. It runs just under two hours. We have four papers to be presented. We hope you will have great interest in what they present. More than anything else, we hope you will have Great Questions because this group of individuals have not only studied what has been, but are giving us perspective of what is to come. I think youll find their perspectives very interesting. About party a paper power and the causal effects of endorsements. Seth is at the university of denver and eric is at the public posse institute of california. I will shut up and let them talk. Whats were here presenting this on behalf of our other co authors. We are trying to come up with a measurement of the impact of a Party Endorsement in a primary, which is traditionally a tricky thing to measure. Study toing a fun case do this. This is t
We begin with the Obama Administrations latest attempt to explain the misleading information given out in the days after the september 11th attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi, libya. Four americans including the u. S. Ambassador to libya died in what we now know was a terrorist attack. But that isnt what the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations susan rice said when she went on National Television five days after the attack. Today rice is up on capitol hill. Shes explaining what happened and some bigname republicans clearly are not very happy with her answers. Our senior Congressional Correspondent dana bash is following whats become a pretty long day a tiring day for the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Whats the latest, dana . Reporter wolf, the three republican senators who had vowed to block susan rice from being secretary of state if the president nominates her had really softened the rhetoric in recent days. Im told the reason for that was because it was a curtesy in order f
Enough of the administration claims . Amazon on the potomac, jeff bezos is the new owner of the Washington Post and why he think he can revive the pain. New york mayoral opponents and the National Press still upset with Anthony Weiner despite the flameout. Whats up with that . In our digital download, Harsh Criticism of yahoo chief Marissa Mayer but is there sexism here . It is time for the buzz. First, we are going to hold the media accountable in a fair and aggressive and unbiased way looking highway stories are covered and framed and we will not afraid of mistakes or knowledge our errors and we will cut through the finger pointing and focus on the facts with some fun. Well continue the conversation online and we want your feedback. Send me a tweet about our show during this hour and, perhaps, we will read the messages at the end of the program. From the moment president obama halted plans about syria he has been getting pounded by the media from the left, right, and every are in bet
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