huffingtonpost.com - 12/2/2008
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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 Lexis-Nexis search of the term, and was the first to ...
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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How The Media Convinced Themselves Obama Was A Liberal
Firedoglake —
... "liberal bloggers" pointed out that Obama wasn't all that liberal (see video above).
5. Assumed that the only thing meaningful about Obama's expression of admiration of Ronald Reagan was that it pissed off liberal bloggers.
6. Hyperventillated over Jeremiah Wright as if he was capable of some kind of Vulcan mind control.
7. Deduced, like Larry Kudlow, that if given the chance Obama would appoint Bill Ayers Secretary of State.
8. Preached the gospel of America as "center-right nation" after the election when all ...
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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" (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 ...
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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"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 ...
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. ...
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' ...
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WSJ.com: Washington Wire 12/2/2008
President-elect Barack Obama , in Philadelphia to meet with the nation’s governors, pledged quick work on an economic-recovery plan to include tax cuts and increased federal spending once he takes office. Here, the full text of his prepared ...
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