thinkprogress.org - 11/5/2008
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Not only did Barack Obama win the presidency yesterday, but progressives picked up significant victories in the House, Senate, state, and local races. Nevertheless, pundits this morning continued to insist that the country remains “center right”:
GOP STRATEGIST BAY BUCHANAN: ...
online.wsj.com - 11/13/2008
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About Karl Rove Karl Rove served as Senior
Advisor to President George W. Bush from 2000 2007...
and Deputy Chief of Staff from 2004 2007. At the White House he oversaw the Offices of Strategic Initiatives, Political Affairs, Public Liaison, and ...
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History Favors Republicans in 2010
online.wsj.com - 11/6/2008
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About Karl Rove Karl Rove served as Senior
Advisor to President George W. Bush from 2000 2007...
and Deputy Chief of Staff from 2004 2007. At the White House he oversaw the Offices of Strategic Initiatives, Political Affairs, Public Liaison, and ...
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How the President-Elect Did It
bradblog.com - 11/1/2008
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Guest Blogged by Steve Heller of VelvetRevolution.us The
Republican IT guru, recently described as a "high tech...
Forrest Gump" for his proclivity to be "at the scene" of so many troubling elections since 2000, and even at the heart of the "lost" ...
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Breaking: Federal Judge Compels GOP IT Guru Mike Connell ...
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A center-right country?
Political Animal —
... Obama had the highest vote percentage of any Democratic presidential candidate in 40 years. He had the highest non-incumbent vote percentage of any candidate, from either party, in 56 years. He's the fourth Democratic candidate in the last five elections to win more votes than the Republican candidate. At the same time, 29 of the nation's 50 governors are now Democrats, and the party enjoys sizable majorities in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House. Naturally, then, several pundits told the nation this morning that this is still a "center-right" nation. GOP STRATEGIST BAY ...
Times Change
Matthew Yglesias —
... The day before the election, Barack Obama was a socialist. The day after the election, he only won because he’s a centrist in line with the views of “center-right” America. Check out Amanda Terkel’s compilation: ...
Pinch Me!
Jules Crittenden —
... . Also, entertainingly, Conservatives who slammed Obama for being a socialist now say he ran a center-right campaign . I’d hardly call it that, but someone needs to explain to TP that the image Obama wants to project and what he actually is are two different things. The New Republic: ...
Finding the center of a post-election political perspective -- Verse-Case Scenario by Tony Peyser
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Many defeated Republicans Are now attempting to see the light By repeating the talking point That America's still center-right. I remember in 1980 feeling Completely devastated and bereft But I wasn't deluded then That the nation was still center-left. VERSE CASE SCENARIO ...
The center-right myth
Political Animal —
... I feel like Newsweek's cover story the week before the election, insisting in advance of the results that no matter what happens when voters actually express a preference, everyone should remember that it's still a "center-right" country. Keep in mind, this has proven surprisingly pervasive. We've had Republican officials making the claim at every opportunity, and conservative voices like that of Joe Scarborough and Karl Rove, but we've also seen less predictable figures like Tom Brokaw repeating the same claim, without evidence or support. They have no reason to believe ...
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CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN)– There was a moment last night– this was just before Barack Obama and his family walked onto the stage in Grant Park for his first public appearance as ...
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After President Bush's reelection in 2004, top strategist Karl Rove proclaimed the arrival of a permanent Republican majority. Just four years later, the results from Sen. Barack Obama's definitive victory suggest that the opposite may be underway.
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