ourfuture.org - 11/29/2008
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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 center-right country. Conservative and the ...
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
angrybear.blogspot.com - 11/25/2008
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angrybear.blogspot.com —
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 ...
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USA a Center Left Nation
huffingtonpost.com - 12/2/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
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: "Center-Right Nation" Narrative Spiked ...
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Battle Royale: Center-Right Versus Center-Left In the Democratic Party
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... CAF co-director Robert Borosage, argues that a survey jointly conducted by his organization and Democracy Corps shows: "On issue after issue, moderates stand with liberals, not conservatives. This is a center-left nation. Republicans are not only an aging, monochromatic, regional minority party. They not only must now suffer the circular firing squad that follows defeat. They not only struggle to find a compelling leader or a relevant agenda. They swim against the tide. They are a largely conservative party in a center-left nation. Obama's mandate is clear. And they'd be well ...
Battle Royale: Center-Right Versus Center-Left In the Democratic Party
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... CAF co-director Robert Borosage, argues that a survey jointly conducted by his organization and Democracy Corps shows: "On issue after issue, moderates stand with liberals, not conservatives. This is a center-left nation. Republicans are not only an aging, monochromatic, regional minority party. They not only must now suffer the circular firing squad that follows defeat. They not only struggle to find a compelling leader or a relevant agenda. They swim against the tide. They are a largely conservative party in a center-left nation. Obama's mandate is clear. And they'd be well ...
The Great (Democratic) Divide
DownWithTyranny! —
... nation, the conclusion of Democrats who aren't putting personal self interest first, but the debate is anything but academic. With the greed and selfishness contingent of nominal Democrats from deep in the bowels of the Republican wing of the Democratic Party seeing another cash-in opportunity for themselves and their cronies-- the ...
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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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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 10/21/2008 — Jon Meacham argues that we are a center-right nation: Democratic presidents from FDR to JFK to LBJ to Carter to Clinton usually wind up moving farther right than they thought they ever would, or they pay for their continued liberalism at the polls. ...
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Sorry, GOP: America Is Left Of Center
dailykos.com 11/7/2008 — 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: ...
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