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Nate Silver: 'Maybe You Really Can Meme Your Way to Victory'

FiveThirtyEight.com founder talks Kamala Harris' chances in the 2024 election

(Newser) - Nate Silver has been keeping tabs on Election 2024, and his current model gives Vice President Kamala Harris a 52% chance of defeating former President Trump in November. Talking with New York Times columnist Ezra Klein for The Ezra Klein Show podcast, the statistics whiz says that Harris has "...

NYT Columnist Explains Why He 'Euthanized' His Gmail

Ezra Klein killed off his Google email account due to the overwhelming amount of content

(Newser) - Ezra Klein remembers feeling "chosen" two decades ago when he scored a coveted invite to join Google's new Gmail service, which promised much more storage in users' inboxes and robust search capabilities. He now admits he's no longer a Gmail devotee, as of a few months ago:...

Biden Can Stage a 'Comeback,' If He Can Sell It Better

Ezra Klein looks at what the president has to do to get his accomplishments to resonate with Americans

(Newser) - President Biden's "fiery" State of the Union address on Thursday left an impression on many, including Ezra Klein, who writes at the New York Times that "if the Joe Biden who showed up ... last week is the Joe Biden who shows up for the rest of the...

A Theory to Explain Modern Politics: 'Calcification'

Ezra Klein digs into the phenomenon

(Newser) - These days, it seems that Democrats will vote for Democrats, and Republicans will vote for Republicans, no matter what happens during the election cycle. This "calcification" of American politics is explored in a New York Times essay by Ezra Klein, who draws from the work of political scientists John...

Joe Biden's Worst Mistake May Be Unfolding Right Now

Ezra Klein is referring to starving Afghans

(Newser) - The worst mistake of the Biden administration might end up being Afghanistan, writes Ezra Klein in the New York Times . And no, he's not referring to the chaotic withdrawal of US troops. He's talking about what has unfolded since, what's unfolding now, and what will continue to...

Zuckerberg to 'Frenemy' Tim Cook: You're 'Extremely Glib'

Says Apple CEO's remarks aren't 'aligned with the truth' after he slams Facebook's 'monetized' users

(Newser) - "Has Facebook become too big to manage, and too dangerous when it fails?" muses Vox co-founder Ezra Klein in introducing an interview released Monday with Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg. And one of the topics in that chat makes Zuckerberg bristle: a recent slam by Apple CEO Tim Cook, described...

Politics Blinds Us to Pesky Facts: Study

Ezra Klein examines the intellectual abyss of partisanship

(Newser) - Politicians devote a lot of energy to what Ezra Klein calls the "More Information Hypothesis," the theory that voters would agree with them if they understood the issues better. But a 2013 study suggests that's not true, Klein points out at his launched-last-night site Vox. Researchers first...

In 5 Days, ObamaCare Politics Will Change Forever
In 5 Days, ObamaCare
Politics Will Change Forever
OPINION
Dec 27, 2013 11:47 AM CST

In 5 Days, ObamaCare Politics Will Change Forever

A Ron Johnson quote has Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas excited

(Newser) - Things will almost certainly go wrong on Jan. 1, when the health care people have been buying from ObamaCare exchanges actually kicks in. People who thought they were covered will find out they're not, or that their plan isn't what they thought it was. But it will also...

There's No 'iPod Presidency' in Old-Guard DC

Old organizations like HHS don't tend to be 'nimble': Megan McArdle

(Newser) - We should have known the health care website wouldn't be sleek and speedy—even if we were hoping for a tech-savvy "iPod presidency." After all, the website is the product of a Health and Human Services department that's been around for a while, and a longstanding...

The IRS Was Stupid—but Not Partisan
The IRS Was Stupid—but
Not Partisan
OPINION
May 15, 2013 12:05 PM CDT

The IRS Was Stupid—but Not Partisan

IRS report shows agents were incompetent, but not politically motivated: Pundits

(Newser) - The inspector general's IRS report is out (read it in full at the Washington Post , if 54 pages of dry analysis and liberal use of the underline function sound like your thing), and some pundits say it's not exactly as jaw-droppingly scandalous as it was made out to...

Obama Budget Leaves GOP With 'No Excuses'

Ezra Klein: White House aims to expose Republican 'intransigence'

(Newser) - President Obama's budget proposal is the latest move in his administration's "systematic" effort to expose flimsy GOP excuses for government inaction, writes Ezra Klein in the Washington Post . Republicans had complained that Obama didn't extend a hand to them; now, he's constantly meeting with them....

This Is Supposed to Be Filibuster Reform?!
 This Is Supposed to Be 
 Filibuster Reform?! 
Ezra Klein
Jan 24, 2013 1:49 PM CST

This Is Supposed to Be Filibuster Reform?!

Ezra Klein sits down with Harry Reid, and isn't impressed by his answers

(Newser) - Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell have struck a deal on filibuster reform. "The deal is this: the filibuster will not be reformed," quips Ezra Klein in the Washington Post . Reid's deal doesn't do away with the 60-vote threshold to pass bills, nor does it go particularly...

Obama Gives 'Most Liberal' Speech Ever
 Obama Gives 
 'Most Liberal' 
 Speech Ever 
opinion roundup
Jan 21, 2013 4:47 PM CST

Obama Gives 'Most Liberal' Speech Ever

President tosses a glove at the feet of Republicans

(Newser) - A Band-Aid to heal a divided America, it was not: Liberals and conservatives alike are calling President Obama's fiery inaugural speech today a call to arms for liberal values in stark opposition to his opponents. A sample:
  • "I was expecting an anodyne tone-poem about healing national wounds, surmounting
...

Joe Biden Could Be President— No, Seriously!

Ezra Klein thinks Biden has skills and gravitas under that silly exterior

(Newser) - Joe Biden is kind of the "zany neighbor" of the Obama administration, a veritable font of weird one-liners ("Spread your legs!" he told Sen. Heidi Heitkamp's husband this week . "You're gonna be frisked!") and Internet jokes (like this one ). Really, he...

Tax Reform Won't Solve All Our Problems
 Tax Reform 
 Won't Solve All 
 Our Problems 
Ezra Klein
Nov 15, 2012 1:10 PM CST

Tax Reform Won't Solve All Our Problems

Ezra Klein thinks Washington is investing too much in this idea

(Newser) - Both sides on Capitol Hill are embracing the idea of tax reform as a solution to the deficit crisis. John Boehner recently assured us that simplifying the code would "support economic growth," improve efficiency, and generate more revenue besides. "That’s the Washington consensus on tax reform:...

Ed Schultz Out, Ezra Klein In at MSNBC?

'New York Times' profile floats rumor

(Newser) - Are Ed Schultz's days at MSNBC—or at least in its 8pm slot—numbered? Mediaite spotted an intriguing detail in this New York Times profile of the increasingly liberal network: Sources say the network is looking for more political shows, and consider Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein their top...

Romney's Real Foe: This Guy
 Romney's Real Foe: This Guy 
Ezra Klein
Oct 18, 2012 1:58 PM CDT

Romney's Real Foe: This Guy

Ezra Klein: His policies are depressingly similar to George Bush's

(Newser) - Romney's biggest problem this election season isn't Barack Obama; it's George W. Bush, argues Ezra Klein at Bloomberg . It's Bush, not Obama, "who has made voters skeptical of many of Romney's core policies." Yet when asked directly how he contrasted with Bush at...

Did '47%' Video Cost Mitt the Election?

 Did '47%' Video 
 Cost Mitt the
 Election? 
OPINION roundup
Sep 18, 2012 10:40 AM CDT

Did '47%' Video Cost Mitt the Election?

Pundits analyze Romney's income tax assertion

(Newser) - Leaked video of a May Mitt Romney fundraiser—in which the candidate calls half the country self-proclaimed 'victims' —has the pundits swarming, with some saying it just might cost him the election. Here's what they're saying:
  • The video "has killed Mitt Romney's campaign for
...

'Are You Better Off?' Well, It's Irrelevant
'Are You Better Off?'
Well, It's Irrelevant
Ezra Klein
Sep 5, 2012 12:27 PM CDT

'Are You Better Off?' Well, It's Irrelevant

Ezra Klein points out that the president's 'record' doesn't mean a ton

(Newser) - Mitt Romney has been feverishly reciting Ronald Regan's famous quote: "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" But that's a "dumb campaign question," Ezra Klein writes for Bloomberg , because "four years ago, George W. Bush was still president." Romney himself...

Romney Tax Plan 'Mathematically Impossible'
Romney Tax Plan 'Mathematically Impossible'
Ezra Klein
Aug 3, 2012 11:41 AM CDT

Romney Tax Plan 'Mathematically Impossible'

Non-partisan analysis says numbers don't add up

(Newser) - Mitt Romney has said that he has an economic plan and he's "not afraid to put it on the table." But the truth is that "the only thing he has put on table is dessert," writes Ezra Klein on Bloomberg . Romney says he'll cut...

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