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Krauthammer's imaginary America
Nitpicker — At the end of a pro-McCain domestic policy column (made up in large part of actions he predicts Obama will take with no basis in fact) Charles Krauthammer writes the following: ...

Krauthammer: Keep Hope Dead
TPMCafe — ... Today Charles Krauthammer explains why he's voting for John McCain even though he considers Barack Obama the better man. If Obama wins... ...

Quote of the Day (So Far!)
Weekly Standard Blog — Krauthammer on the election: The national security choice in this election is no contest. The domestic policy choice is more equivocal because it is ideological. McCain is the quintessential center-right candidate. Yet the quintessential center-right country is poised to reject him. The hunger for anti-Republican catharsis and the blinding promise of Obamian hope are simply too strong. The reckoning comes in the morning. Read the whole thing, as they say. Part one of Krauthammer's case for McCain is here ...

In Which Krauthammer Makes the Case for McCain, As Do I
PoliGazette — ... In his last column for the Washington Post, conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer endorsed Senator John McCain for president. He made clear in his column that he did not have a lot of appreciation for conservatives who turned their back on the Republican Party recently in order to support Senator Barack Obama. ...

Fearful Conservatives Push New Talking Point: ‘This Is A Center-Right Country’
Think Progress — ... Last Friday, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer called the United States “the quintessential center-right country,” and wondered why it was “poised to reject” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), “the quintessential center-right candidate.” Last week’s Newsweek cover declared, “ ...

The Great Repudiation
Orcinus — The Concern Trolls are roaming free in the Village these days: John King, Laura Ingraham, Charles Krauthammer, Tom Brokaw, Karl Rove, Ruth Marcus … I don't know how many talking heads I've heard claim that "America is still a center-right country" in the past few days, but if it were a drinking game, I'd have alcohol poisoning. I guess I'm confused. I keep hearing from a lot of conservatives that McCain lost because he wasn't conservative enough -- ...