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Bill Scher (Washington Monthly) and Matt K. Lewis (The Daily Beast, MattLewis.org)
It’s the year-end DMZ holiday spectacular, with a pundit accountability review! Bill was wrong about Romney losing the nomination. Matt was wrong about the election being very close. Bill was right about the importance of Obama’s 2010 tax/stimulus deal and the lack of importance of the first presidential debate. Matt was right about Romney suffering by being out of touch with average Americans. Plus: Where do liberals and conservatives get their Christmas trees?
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Bill Scher
Matt K. Lewis
Barenaked Ladies’ album, “Barenaked for the Holidays”
Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman’s book, “NurtureShock”
Steven Johnson’s book, “Everything Bad Is Good for You”
SNL’s “Charlie Brown Christmas”
The Copia
Matt on The Copia
Bill’s “Top 11 Excuses” post
Sasha Issenberg’s book, “Victory Lab”
Bill’s NYT op-ed, “How Liberals Win”
The DMZ | Dec 26, 2012 | Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis
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