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demosthenes.blogspot.com - 11/8/2008
"America Remains a Center-Right Nation"
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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 has managed to use it as the antidote to this ...

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washingtonpost.com - 11/16/2008
The Center-Right Nation Exits Stage Left
— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) The Center-Right Nation Exits Stage Left

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openleft.com - 11/1/2008
"Center-Right Nation" Watch
— openleft.com — 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 ... (more) "Center-Right Nation" Watch
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reason.com - 11/5/2008
Is Obama a "Stealth Candidate?" Is America Now a Center-Left Country?
— reason.com — At Fox News, there's an interesting (read: tedious but what else is on?) debate about whether this election, which seems to be trending big for the Dems all around the horn, is a coff-coff game-changer in American politics. Are we moving, ask the ... (more) Is Obama a "Stealth Candidate?" Is America Now a ...

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It's real, but it ain't exactly there
The Sideshow — ... Man, I sure hope this is true: "Yep. One of the reasons why people like Marshall Wittman are moaning about "Obamaworld" is because they know that a progressive counterweight exists out there, and Obama is savvy enough to realize that jettisoning his base isn't an option even if he were a reflexive centrist. (He isn't.)" ...

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