corner.nationalreview.com - 11/18/2008
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Tod Lindberg argues that conservatives are fooling themselves if they think that the U.S. is a "center-right nation." Me, I'm not sure what it would mean for the country to be either "center-right" or "center-left." I can see the point of saying that the country is "center right" if the point is ...
washingtonpost.com - 11/16/2008
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The Center-Right Nation Exits Stage Left
politico.com - 11/25/2008
prospect.org - 11/14/2008
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Conservatives dismiss the notion that this election represents
the solidifying of a center-left America. A new poll
shows they are wrong.
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The Emerging Center-Left Majority
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Furious agreement, parts II and III
Crooked Timber —
... Now, with no mischief or irony at all, let me declare my agreement with Ramesh Ponnuru whose demolition of the “US is a centre-right nation” meme is the most succinct and precise I’ve seen. ...
11/18: Netroots' Hopes Dashed
Blogometer —
... opponents. It's not difficult to imagine Clinton performing a similar service for Republicans. She could be held up as the very model of a responsible Democrat, forced against her better judgment to partake in a series of reckless diplomatic escapades pursued by a more ideological president." AUTO BAILOUT: Bankruptcy Is The Answer Conservative bloggers are urging GOP lawmakers to oppose the proposed bailout of the Detroit automakers: THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Who Defines The Center? NRO 's Ramesh Ponnuru : " ...
Center-Right Nation?
Crooked Timber —
... ; Ramesh Ponnuru questioned the intelligibility of the proposition. No doubt you’ve noticed some of this discussion going around.) ...
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"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 ...
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