action.credomobile.com - 11/6/2008
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ThinkProgress has a fantastic video up putting together a highlight reel of conservatives parroting the "center-right nation" meme that I described in my last newspaper column. Check it out here: As I said in my column, "the 'center-right nation' phrase...
openleft.com - 11/1/2008
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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 ...
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"Center-Right Nation" Watch
talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/6/2008
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talkingpointsmemo.com —
Weak-willed Chief of Staff would be better way
for Obama to 'change the tone' of Washington....
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Emerging DC Meme
openleft.com - 11/6/2008
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openleft.com —
David's been doing excellent push-back against the "center-right
nation" meme that's exploded post-election, just like 2006, but...
on steroids. While it's vitally important to keep up this fight, I'd like suggest opening up a second front--to wit, ...
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Beyond the "Center-Right Nation" Meme--Bringing Two ...
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David Sirota: The Mandate Manipulation Machine Enters Stage Right
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... As I predicted a while back, the Partisan-Industrial Complex in Washington, D.C. has deployed its quadrennial Mandate Manipulation Machine to make sure that the 65 million Americans who voted for Barack Obama remember that America giving more than 340 electoral votes to an African American billed as a Islamic Marxist terrorist means there is no mandate for real change in this, a country obviously more conservative than ever. ...
The Mandate Manipulation Machine Enters Stage Right
Open Left - Front Page —
As I (and many others) predicted a while back, the Partisan-Industrial Complex in Washington, D.C. has deployed its quadrennial Mandate Manipulation Machine to make sure that the 65 million Americans who voted for Barack Obama remember that America giving more than 340 electoral votes to an African American billed as a Islamic Marxist terrorist means there is no mandate for real change in this, a country obviously more conservative than ever. ...
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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 ...
A center-right nation?
washingtonmonthly.com 10/21/2008 — 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. ...
"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 ...
GM: The Bailout vs Bankruptcy Meme
portfolio.com 11/17/2008 — There's a bailout vs bankruptcy meme going around with regard to GM -- a choice which makes me want to tick "none of the above". I've seen it in dozens of places of late, but since it comes with the imprimatur of Paul Krugman , let's look ...
Center-Right, Center-Left, Etc.
corner.nationalreview.com 11/18/2008 — 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 ...
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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"center-right nation" (News Stories from Google)
trendrr.com 11/22/2008 — Trendrr: Track Compare Share Login Home Recent Popular Discussed Viewed Sign Up "center-right nation" (News Stories from Google) Comments Posted By: fabric 11/21/08 10:33:24 PM Add Comment: You must be logged in to comment home | about | blog | terms ...
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 ...
Conservative Meme Under Construction
oliverwillis.com 1/11/2009 — I’m sure we’ll be hearing soon about how nobody went to the Obama inauguration… or something. You know, the same way they tried to claim that nobody would show up in Denver or that the attendees were not energized.
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