washingtonmonthly.com - 10/21/2008
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A CENTER-RIGHT NATION?.... If the available evidence is accurate, in about two weeks, Americans will help elect a Democratic House, a Democratic Senate, and possibly a Democratic president. A majority of the nation's governors are already Democrats. Polls show fairly...
politico.com - 10/29/2008
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politico.com —
Two days after next week's election, top conservatives
will gather at the Virginia weekend home of one...
of the movement's most prominent members to begin a conversation about their role in the GOP and how best to revive a party that may be out of ...
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Conservatives plan secret post-election strategy session
dailykos.com - 10/19/2008
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dailykos.com —
(From the diaries. Susan) Germans had been shaken
to their roots by defeat in 1918. The emotional...
impact was all the more severe because German leaders had been trumpeting victory until a few weeks before. So unbelievable a calamity was easily ...
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The New Stabbed In the Back Myth
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 10/22/2008
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rossdouthat.theatlantic.com —
In this week's New Yorker , Steve Coll
remarks that at McCain-Palin rallies "the mood has been...
not so much socialist as national-socialist." This comes on the heels of last week's New Yorker , in which Hendrik Hertzberg described McCain-Palin rallies ...
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... . Mary Katherine Ham and Guy Benson at Hot Air post 25 YouTube clips to make their "closing argument" against Obama. According to the two conservative bloggers, Obama has few real credentials and is just a politician who has hidden his hard-left ideology. But, according to the liberal blog Whiskey Fire , their case amounts to nothing and isn't honest, particularly when it suggests that Obama has gone too far in his pro-choice positions. FROM THE BLOGS: [image] A Center-Right Nation? - Steve Benen, Political Animal [image] Are We a Conservative ...
Digest for October 22nd through October 27th
The Republic of T. —
... The Washington Monthly - If the available evidence is accurate, in about two weeks, Americans will help elect a Democratic House, a Democratic Senate, and possibly a Democratic president. A majority of the nation's governors are already Democrats. Polls show fairly strong support for the policy agenda presented in the Democratic Party's platform, including universal healthcare and ending the war in Iraq. Even on culture war issues, most Americans are pro-choice, support the separation of church and state, and are growing increasingly supportive of expanding gay rights. With all ...
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"Center-Right Nation" Watch
openleft.com 11/1/2008 — In my newspaper column this week, I noted that the term "center-right nation" is now the word du jour for the elite media and Punditburo. We are being told that no matter how big a progressive landslide Tuesday may bring, our country nonetheless will ...
Center Right Nation? Survey Says: Not So Much
openleft.com 11/16/2008 — Last time Democrats won 50%+ of the House popular vote: November 4.
Last time Republicans won 50%+ of the House popular vote: 1946.
Numbers on the flip.
House Popular Vote
Year Dems Reps
1942 46.1% 50.6%
1944 50.6% 47.2%
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IF ELECTED, OBAMA WILL BE MY PRESIDENT
rightwingnuthouse.com 10/14/2008 — Glenn Reynolds received an email yesterday that he termed “depressing.” Upon reading it, I agree with him.
The correspondent starts by identifying himself as a libertarian who supported George Bush until “Bush fatigue” set in ...
Center-Right Nation Watch
ourfuture.org 11/29/2008 — Sure, this is a center-right country, but only if you substitute addition for analysis. There are more conservatives than liberals — as there has been for years. So add them to the 44% of the electorate that says they are "moderates," and you get a ...
"America Remains a Center-Right Nation"
demosthenes.blogspot.com 11/8/2008 — Dday's ticked. "Politics is not left, right or center ... It's about improving people's lives." -Paul Wellstone, Election Night 1990 acceptance speech We are 18 years on from that piercingly simple statement, and yet nobody in the Democratic Party ...
Why McCain Lost (Guest Voice)
themoderatevoice.com 11/7/2008 — So why did Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain lose? Was he outclassed by Democrat Barack Obama? Was it a massive wave of Americans clamoring for change? In this Guest Voice post, conservative talk show host Michael Reagan, son of ...
Left, Right, Or Center
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 10/21/2008 — Jon Meacham argues that we are a center-right nation: Democratic presidents from FDR to JFK to LBJ to Carter to Clinton usually wind up moving farther right than they thought they ever would, or they pay for their continued liberalism at the polls. ...
Let's party in the center with Senator Anonymous!
redstate.com 11/25/2008 — (sarcasm for the sad)
Unnamed Senator talks to
Roger Simon of Politico.com:
“I don’t think we have learned much from the election in terms
of what people want to see,” he says. “We have the same
gridlock."
By the “same gridlock,” he means ...
The Center-Left Nation
ourfuture.org 11/29/2008 — Conservatives started spinning even before the dancing stopped on election night. Obama's victory is impressive, but "this is still a center right nation," went the mantra. "This was a good Democratic year, says Bill Kristol, "but this is still a ...
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