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The Note: The Note's Must-Reads for Thursday, November 5, 2009
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WaPo Warns GOP's 'Ideological Fissures Loom,' Sees No Similar Trouble For Dems
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... This afternoon, the Washington Post's Web site offers readers two looks at how the Democrats and the GOP will proceed following the 2009 elections, but, surprise, surprise, the paper only forsees internecine squabbles for the GOP. ...
The Note's Must-Reads for Thursday, November 5, 2009
The Note —
... by Margaret Carlson: “Republican Purists Scare Democrats, GOP Too” LINK
The Boston Herald Editorial Staff: “A change in the winds” LINK
The New York Times’ Adam Nagourney: “Energized G.O.P. Looking to Avoid an Intraparty Feud” LINK
The New York Times’ David Halbfinger: “Christie Pledges Fight on Taxes and Business Rules” LINK
The Washington Post’s Philip Rucker and Perry bacon Jr.: “As GOP celebrates wins, internal ideological battles remain” LINK
The New York Times’ Carl Hulse: “Democrats to Use Election to Push Agenda in Congress” ...
Need To Read: November 5, 2009
Mojo Feed | Mother Jones —
... 23 CIA Agents Convicted in Rendition Case (MoJo)
Andrew Cuomo, New York's Attorney General, files antitrust suit against Intel (NYT)
Senate extends homebuyer tax credit, unemployment insurance (WaPo)
What Keynesians Actually Believe (Paul Krugman)
"Ideological fissures loom" in GOP (WaPo)
City Paper reenacts WaPo fistfight (Washington ...
Thursday Links
The Political Carnival —
... Washington Post: As GOP celebrates wins, internal ideological battles remain A rebounding Republican Party is savoring victories in two states that President Obama won last year, but as it tries to build momentum toward what GOP Chairman Michael S. Steele called a "Republican renaissance," it faces troubling ideological fissures within its ranks over how best to reclaim power. ...
2009: The post-mortems
First Read —
... The Washington Post adds that the GOP’s “fortunes in next year's midterm elections may rest in its ability to harness a populist wave of voter discontent with Washington and government spending. But the surprising Democratic victory in the New York congressional election -- despite the intervention of conservative activists -- for a seat the GOP held for more than a century was sobering evidence that rallying behind conservative candidates may not be the answer.” ...
Two kinds of intra-party divisions
Political Animal —
... a prolonged battle with conservative activists over what the party stands for and how to regain power. [...] Despite Mr. Hoffman's loss, many conservatives promised to press on with opposition to centrist Republican candidates. That vow intensified concerns among party leaders that the opportunities they see coming out of Tuesday's results could be dimmed by intramural battles over whether to reach for the political center or do more to motivate the base on the party's right. The Washington Post ...
Weekend Opinionator: Are Democrats, Too, Facing a Civil War?
Opinionator —
... You saw this conservative candidate just come in and swamp the Republican who was pro-choice, pro-gay rights. And what the White House is trying to do even if they lose here is exploit- is fan the flames of this civil war. ” – Philip Rucker and Perry Bacon Jr. at The Washington Post: “As the party turns toward the 2010 midterm elections, pitched battles between moderates and conservatives – and between the Washington establishment and the conservative grass roots — are underway from Florida to Illinois to California. Conservative activists, emboldened after forcing out the ...
