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Potpourri

- August 7, 2012

* 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.