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ANALYSIS

 Is Killing Liberals a Hate Crime? 

Slate finds few states consider political violence a hate crime

Jul 31, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The suspect in last weekend’s Knoxville church shooting told police that “liberals should be killed because they were ruining the country.” But Tennessee, like the federal government and most states, doesn’t extend hate-crime law to political affiliation, explains Chris Wilson in Slate. In fact, legal experts... More »

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law • hate crime • Tennessee • liberals • church shootings

OPINION

 McCain Needs
 Clinton-Style
 Rebranding 

Repub must become a fighter

Jul 21, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain desperately needs a dose of the strategy that kept Hillary Clinton competitive with Barack Obama during primary season, Rich Lowry and Ramesh Ponnuru write in the National Review. McCain should adopt a “conservative version of her occasional theme of a ‘fighter for you’”—the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • liberals • lobbyists • blue-collar vote

 Obama Backers 
 More Enthusiastic: Poll 

Independents, however, appear to be losing interest in the election altogether

Jul 18, 08 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new AP/Yahoo poll shows a bounty of enthusiasm for Barack Obama and a deficit for John McCain, the Boston Globe reports. Some key stats:
  • 38% of the Democrat’s supporters are excited by the election, while only 9% of the Republican's are.
  • Among Obama supporters, 16% say
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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • liberals • independents • conservatives • opinion polls • enthusiasm

Righties More Likely to Rationalize Way to Happiness

Social, economic disparities weigh more heavily on liberals, study finds

May 7, 08 9:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative people are happier than liberal ones, a fact explained by righties’ ability to rationalize society's socioeconomic gaps, a study finds. Conservatives are more likely to express sentiments like, “It is not really that big a problem if some people have more of a chance in life than others.... More »

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liberals • happiness • conservatives • rationalization

OPINION

 Blue Collars, Green Ties 

Necessity unites job-seeking unions, tree-hugging environmentalists

May 3, 08 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - In Pennsylvania, the New Republic's Dayo Olopade finds an effort to unite working-class union types with the liberal elite that could long outlive Barack Obama's heyday: the search for green-collar jobs. Stelworkers have long viewed environmentalists skeptically, but both groups have a stake in finding a "new industrial policy... More »

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Barack Obama • environmentalism • liberals • green construction • Sierra Club • green-collar jobs • United Steelworkers

Liberals Set
to Bash Bush
to Finish Line  

$8.5M campaign aiming to keep president's approval ratings in the toilet

Jan 24, 08 7:34 PM CST
(Newser) - A liberal advocacy group plans to spend $8.5 million to keep President Bush's approval rating low, the AP reports. Americans United for Change will focus on what it perceives as Bush's failures in Iraq and at home, a move the group hopes will benefit Democrats in the upcoming election... More »

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politics • Bush approval ratings • liberals • State of the Union Address • advertising campaign • Americans United for Change • George W. Bush

Kucinich Drops From Race

Poor primary results force liberal to focus on Ohio congressional seat

Jan 24, 08 6:01 PM CST
(Newser) - With few votes to show for his efforts and facing a tough congressional re-election fight, left-leaning Dennis Kucinich said today he's dropping out of the Democratic presidential race. Kucinich, a six-term Ohio congressman, told the Cleveland Plain Dealer he's leaving the race for practical reasons, though he's "been able... More »

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Cleveland • Dennis Kucinich • liberals • Election 2008

Schlesinger's Memoirs Offer Insider View

Late historian's journals brim with candid gossip on politics, culture

Oct 7, 07 7:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - From the Roosevelts to the Kennedys, from Groucho to Marilyn, Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s  journals provide a rich treasure of insights into 20th-century American life, says reviewer Jon Meacham in the Washington Post. In one gem, Schlesinger quotes JFK: "I'm perfectly willing to kiss Mrs. Roosevelt's arse; in fact... More »

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liberals • book • Arthur Schlesinger Jr. • journals

Right-Wing Voices Get
More Ink

Report: 60% of papers run more conservatives, 20% more liberals

Sep 14, 07 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) -  Voices from the right dominate those from the left in US newspapers, with the former reaching 152 million buyers and the latter only 125 million. Sixty percent  of papers print more conservative syndicated columnists, while just 20% run more liberals, according to a report by Media Matters for America.... More »

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media • newspaper • conservative • liberals • George Will • David Broder • Thomas Friedman • columnists

Liberals Read More than Conservatives

Right-wingers shun nuance for slogans, publisher says

Aug 21, 07 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Liberals are more avid readers than conservatives, a new AP-Ipsos poll has discovered. Thirty-four percent of conservatives said they hadn’t read a book in a year, compared with 22% of liberals. A publishing exec and former congressman said that while liberals “can’t say anything in less than... More »

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Karl Rove • conservative • literature • liberals • book

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