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ourfuture.org - 11/22/2008
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ourfuture.org —
When I wrote my first column about the
"center-right nation" and subsequently launched the "Center-Right Nation Watch"
series on this blog I predicted that the news media would actually increase its usage of this term after Obama won. I did a ...
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Study Shows "Center-Right Nation" Narrative ...
ourfuture.org - 11/29/2008
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ourfuture.org —
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 ...
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Center-Right Nation Watch
ourfuture.org - 11/29/2008
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ourfuture.org —
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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Center-Right Nation Update
Firedoglake —
... As the graph shows, the use of the exact term "center-right nation" spiked immediately after election day (point "0" is the day my column published, point "1" is election day). ...
The center-right myth
Political Animal —
... . As the graph shows , the use of the exact term "center-right nation" spiked [in the major media] immediately after election day (point "0" is the day my column published, point "1" is election day). While it's true -- this trend study doesn't tell us how many of the "center-right nation" references are saying this is "not a center-right nation." But a look through Lexis-Nexis shows it's safe to assume that the vast majority of these references are asserting this is a "center-right nation." So we're not talking about theory anymore -- we're talking about empirical fact. The ...
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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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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 ...
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 ...
USA a Center Left Nation
angrybear.blogspot.com 11/25/2008 — Robert Waldmann Matthey Yglesias points to an old mediamatters.com report which attempts to demolish the center right nation claim. I think the report is a precious resource as it collects the relevant data. Previously I found myself wasting a lot of ...
"Center-Right Nation" Meme On Tape
action.credomobile.com 11/6/2008 — 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' ...
The Center-Right Nation Exits Stage Left
washingtonpost.com 11/16/2008 — 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. ...
The New Center-Right
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/22/2008 — David Sanger for The New York Times :
Now, his reported selections for two of the major positions in his cabinet - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and Timothy F. Geithner as secretary of the Treasury - suggest that Mr. Obama is ...
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