* A syllabus for political reporters, based in part on this bleg.
* “For some students, that’s playing beer pong. For us it’s starting a super PAC.” Hat tip to Daniel Lippman.
* “There is no monolithic ‘military vote.'”
* Lots of variation in current presidential election forecasts, finds Nate Silver.
* David Axelrod in 1987: “Negative media is like radiation therapy. It’s hard to judge when you’re curing or killing.” From this profile. Hat tip to Llewelyn Hughes.
* You know cable news has gotten bad when it’s come to this.