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...what makes someone vote one way or another, but there's a big difference between choosing a candidate and choosing a side. Ironically, there's probably nothing more divisive than these studies themselves; whatever academic value they may have, they are a blessing to cable news stations, easy fodder for talking heads. The shoutfests are virtual as well: the words "study" and "more likely to" can prompt the creation of whole galaxies in the blogosphere...
...meetings with lawmakers on Wednesday - a morning session in the Cabinet Room with five Republican Senate leaders and 10 Republican House leaders, and an afternoon meeting in the Yellow Oval room with about two dozen Republican House members to talk about the legislative agenda. Those meetings, not surprisingly, became fodder for further speculation. Asked if the first group of lawmakers that came to the White House on Wednesday had raised the type of concerns that Coleman had, Scott McClellan answered sharply, "No, of course...
...Coast, as she did in her critically acclaimed novels Strange Heaven and Saints of Big Harbour. In Mean Boy, the geek hero's adventures with his mentor and experiments with alcohol, women and new forms of poetic expression (plus his unlikely friendship with a behemoth football player) all provide fodder for comedy. And somewhere in the haze of hangovers, the novel also manages to examine the nature of poetry, poets and the underappreciated fine art of growing...
...This has been one of the weirder experiences in my life...At first, it was like ‘Don’t let anybody I know see this,’” Wint says. “It’s become unbelievable fodder for my friends.” Neverthe- less, his coterie regularly hits the ELLEgirl website to cast ballots for Wint. While he’s “definitely cornered the HLS market,” he is in the market for some undergraduate votes. March is the third month...
When word of the outrage at Summers’ comments last January on women in science made it onto the pages of the Boston Globe, the national media jumped at the chance to cover the conflict. It was perfect fodder for conservative commentators. Here was an example of an overly liberal faculty attacking some poor academic who dared to speak the truth. It didn’t matter that no one knew exactly what Summers said. The issue could be easily and, unfortunately, inaccurately framed as radical liberals versus straight-talking conservatives. Nuance had no place in this argument...