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dailykos.com - 11/7/2008

Sorry, GOP: America Is Left Of Center

— dailykos.com — Now that Barack Obama has won, Republicans have settled on a weird new talking point: the election... results, they say, demonstrate that America is a " center right " nation. But as is typical with the GOP, their claim isn't reality-based. Consider:  ... (more) Sorry, GOP: America Is Left Of Center

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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11/5/2008

A Center-Left Country

— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Wow. As David Sirota has documented in print and Ali Frick in video form , pundits have... been all over the place declaring, without evidence, that America is a “center-right nation” irrespective of election outcomes or opinion polling on ... (more) A Center-Left Country

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demosthenes.blogspot.com - 11/8/2008

"America Remains a Center-Right Nation"

— demosthenes.blogspot.com — 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 ... (more) "America Remains a Center-Right Nation"

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Opinionator — If Barack Obama wins the presidency tonight, as seems very likely, what should conservatives fear most about his administration? Reason’s Nick Gillespie, no liberal Democrat, is having a hard time finding much to worry about. Gillespie writes at Hit and Run, Reason’s staff blog : I suspect that the toughest thing to figure out about this election is simply the fact that, with the possible exception of single-payer healthcare, virtually every scare scenario you can generate about Obama (many with good reason) has already been put into place by the current GOP administration, ...

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