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thinkprogress.org - 11/5/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
Not only did Barack Obama win the presidency
yesterday, but progressives picked up significant victories in the
House, Senate, state, and local races. Nevertheless, pundits this morning continued to insist that the country remains “center ...
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Conservatives Who Slammed Obama For Being A Socialist ...
openleft.com - 11/1/2008
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openleft.com —
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 ...
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"Center-Right Nation" Watch
WWW.samefacts.com - 11/5/2008
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WWW.samefacts.com —
Your candidate called our candidate a socialist. None
of you pointed out that your caniddate was full
of it. Our candidate won convincingly. You can't come back now and announce that he country is still "center-right" and that the winner has no ...
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Matthew Yglesias —
The day before the election, Barack Obama was a socialist. The day after the election, he only won because he’s a centrist in line with the views of “center-right” America. Check out Amanda Terkel’s compilation:
The truth is that Obama ran to the progressive center left behind in the wake of conservatism’s catastrophic failures. ...
"Center-Right Nation" Watch - Brokaw, Hemmer, Rove, Buchanan Edition
Open Left - Front Page —
On November 3rd, conservatives told us Barack Obama was running as a socialist. On November 5th, they are telling us he ran as a conservative:
(h/t Yglesias and ThinkProgress)
This Day In 'Center-Right' Schizophrenia
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
Ever since the American people flocked to the polls and pulled the lever for a change in direction, specifically toward a more progressive set of policies and principles than the ones we'd been getting under George W. Bush and were offered by John S. McCain, right-tilting pundits have fallen all over themselves to insist that the United States remains some sort of "center-right" nation - this despite the fact that positions they once advertised as "extreme," like ending the Bush tax cuts and withdrawing from Iraq, are now, quite clearly, embraced fully as mainstream positions.
Nevertheless, the rightward chatterers prattle on. Matt Yglesias, who's been a ...
This Day In 'Center-Right' Schizophrenia
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Ever since the American people flocked to the polls and pulled the lever for a change in direction, specifically toward a more progressive set of policies and principles than the ones we'd been getting under George W. Bush and were offered by John S. McCain, right-tilting pundits have fallen all over themselves to insist that the United States remains some sort of "center-right" nation - this despite the fact that positions they once advertised as "extreme," like ending the Bush tax cuts and withdrawing from Iraq, are now, quite clearly, embraced fully as mainstream positions.
Nevertheless, the rightward chatterers prattle on. Matt Yglesias, who's been a ...
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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: ...
The Progressive Center
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/6/2008 — I think Nancy Pelosi does a good job here of reframing an annoying question about the need to govern from the center, arguing that the results of the 2006 and 2008 elections reaffirm that the center is progressive and that what matters, ultimately, ...
Obama will struggle to create jobs —
CNN Political Ticker 11/5/2008
Obama at an economic summit last month.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) – Here's the challenge facing President-elect Barack Obama as he weighs how to create more jobs: another half-million jobs likely will be lost between now and Inauguration ...
Around the World, Praise for Obama —
Wash Post Elections 11/5/2008
LONDON, Nov. 5 -- Through tears and whoops of joy, in celebrations that spilled onto streets on distant continents, people around the globe called Barack Obama's election a victory for the world and a renewal of America's ability to inspire.
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