politics.theatlantic.com - 3/26/2009
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Considering that Democrats last November won their most sweeping electoral victory since 1964, and now enjoy unified control of government for the first time since 1994, the organized Left doesn't seem very happy these days. Some of that discontent reflects the difficulty of moving from an ...
washingtonexaminer.com - 3/27/2009
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washingtonexaminer.com —
On Spending and the Deficit, McCain Was Right
By Byron York Chief Political Correspondent 3/27/09 AP/ Mary...
Altaffer Barack Obama used to get very upset about federal budget deficits. Denouncing an "orgy of spending and enormous deficits," he turned ...
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fivethirtyeight.com - 3/23/2009
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fivethirtyeight.com —
I don't think you'll find anyone claiming that
the White House has had a good week. And...
certainly, some of the controversy surrounding the bonuses paid to employees at AIG and other bailed-out companies may have longer-term, as well as near-term, ...
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Is the AIG Bonus Blowout Hurting Obama?
dailykos.com - 3/26/2009
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dailykos.com —
Andrew Gelman over at Fivethirtyeight.com purports to show
how whites at various income levels voted in 2008...
at the presidential level, which is an interesting enough concept. However, Gelman inexplicably avoids using exit poll data to make his ...
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How whites really voted in 2008
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Why The Left Is Restless
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Because they don't control the Dems the way the hard right controls the GOP: Looking at
Obama's actual vote in 2008 reinforces the story. According to the
Edison/Mitofsky Election Day exit polls, liberals provided only 37% of
Obama's total votes. Moderates (50%) and conservatives (13%) provided
far more. By contrast, conservatives provided almost three-fifths of
John McCain's votes, with moderates contributing only about one-third
and liberals a negligible 5%. ...
The “reality-based community” meets reality
Patterico's Pontifications —
[Posted by Karl]
Ron Brownstein writes about “Why Obama Can’t Satisfy The Left”:
As Democrats settle in to power, two distinct, and somewhat dissonant, lines of complaint are emerging from leaders on the left. One charges that Obama is deferring too much to Wall Street and its party allies in his response to the financial crisis…
The left’s other complaint is targeted at moderate-to-conservative Congressional Democrats resisting elements of Obama’s agenda. Obama’s budget has provided the initial ...
Should Liberals Be Disappointed in Obama?
Hit & Run —
... Ronald Brownstein at the Atlantic's blog has a nice little sit-down with leftists upset by what they perceive as pusillanimous temporizing from Obama and congressional Democrats to 'splain to them some facts of life: ...
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