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washingtonmonthly.com - 11/23/2008
The center-right myth
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THE CENTER-RIGHT MYTH.... And the Observation of the Day award goes to the estimable David Sirota. As the graph shows, the use of the exact term "center-right nation" spiked [in the major media] immediately after election day (point "0" is...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11/22/2008
The New Center-Right
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — David Sanger for The New York Times : Now, his reported selections for two of the major... positions in his cabinet - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and Timothy F. Geithner as secretary of the Treasury - suggest that Mr. Obama is ... (more) The New Center-Right

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corner.nationalreview.com - 11/18/2008
Center-Right, Center-Left, Etc.
— corner.nationalreview.com — 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 ... (more) Center-Right, Center-Left, Etc.

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huffingtonpost.com - 11/30/2008
Greg Mitchell: Study's Claim on the 'Myth' of Obama's Small Donor Base Is Itself a 'Myth'
— huffingtonpost.com — The Campaign Finance Institute (CFI) study disclosing that Barack Obama actually raised most of his campaign money... from "larger" not "smaller" donors has gained wide, approving, coverage in recent days, from USA Today to the Los Angeles Times and ... (more) Greg Mitchell: Study's Claim on the 'Myth' of Obama's ...

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Center-Right Nation?
Crooked Timber — ... A little something about the whole ‘Obama needs to be cautious because this is still a center-right nation’ thingamajig. (Hilzoy derides it; Sirota ...

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