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  • September 2008

    • 'Rupert Murdoch Is Becoming a Liberal'

      Vanity Fair  |  Sep 2, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      'Rupert Murdoch Is Becoming a Liberal'

      (Newser) - Rupert Murdoch isn't what you've been told, Michael Wolff writes in Vanity Fair . He's not a destroyer of journalism—he is perhaps the last great lover of newspapers. And he’s actually turning liberal. Yes, he’s still a free-marketeer, but Murdoch has been seduced by his second wife’s liberal social circle, and "the angry outsider, the anti-elitist" is becoming one of them. Which explains why he overpaid for the Wall Street Journal and fantasizes obsessively about buying the New York Time s . More »

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      Barack Obama  • Rupert Murdoch  • News Corp  • Wall Street Journal  • newspaper  • Fox  • liberal  • Roger Ailes

  • August 2008

    • Dems Should Fear 'Sarah Barracuda'

      Weekly Standard  |  Aug 30, 08 2:52 PM CDT

      Dems Should Fear 'Sarah Barracuda'

      (Newser) - Democrats will launch one patronizing strike after another on Sarah Palin in the coming weeks, but make no mistake: Liberals are—and should be—terrified of the GOP veep pick, William Kristol writes in the Weekly Standard . Palin is “a compelling and mold-breaking example for lots of Americans,” with hard-core conservative values and a gripping story that could win the election for John McCain—if his campaign lets her be herself. More »

    • Lefty Ticket a Boon to McCain

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 25, 08 9:41 AM CDT

      Lefty Ticket a Boon to McCain

      (Newser) - Barack Obama has taken a big risk by choosing a VP almost as liberal as he is, writes Fred Barnes in the Wall Street Journal . In the past, Democrats have found success in politically balanced tickets: centrist Jimmy Carter and lefty Walter Mondale, moderate Bill Clinton and more liberal Al Gore. Despite a slight move leftward since ’04, America remains a center-right nation, Barnes claims. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Joe Biden  • vice presidential candidate  • running mate  • liberal

  • July 2008

    • Left Breaks News; Right Can't Fix It

      Politico  |  Jul 24, 08 7:31 PM CDT

      Left Breaks News; Right Can't Fix It

      (Newser) - The left is using the Internet far more effectively than the right, Jonathan Martin writes on Politico. While conservative political sites are principally opinion, lefty destinations like the Huffington Post and Talking Points Memo tread the line between reportage and commentary, breaking stories ignored by the mainstream media that advance liberal interests—and often hurt Republican candidates. More »

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      John McCain  • Internet  • McCain 2008  • GOP  • conservative  • liberal  • Huffington Post  • Talking Points Memo

    • No Kidding: Bush Sewage Plant Makes Nov. Ballot

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jul 18, 08 2:38 PM CDT

      No Kidding: Bush Sewage Plant Makes Nov. Ballot

      (Newser) - San Francisco voters will decide in November not only who will succeed President Bush but also how they will remember him. A group calling itself the Presidential Memorial Commission has pushed through a ballot initiative to rename an area sewage plant after the outgoing president, the Chronicle reports. A White House spokesman told the LA Times the measure "doesn't dignify a response." More »

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      George W. Bush  • California  • Republicans  • San Francisco  • referendum  • liberal  • sewage  • ballot initiative

    • Hatch Pens Ditty for Teddy

      Boston Globe  |  Jul 16, 08 3:53 PM CDT

      Hatch Pens Ditty for Teddy

      (Newser) - Orrin Hatch is not only a veteran senator but also a songwriter, and he’s put pen to paper again—this time for longtime friend Ted Kennedy, who’s battling cancer. The Utah Republican was approached by several senior Democrats, and the resulting song, Headed Home, could be played at the Democratic convention next month as a symbol of bipartisan unity, the Boston Globe reports. More »

  • June 2008

    • McCain Would Tilt Split Court Right

      Washington Post  |  Jun 29, 08 1:19 PM CDT

      McCain Would Tilt Split Court Right

      (Newser) - America’s choice for president will likely ripple all the way to the halls of the sharply divided Supreme Court, the Washington Post reports. Since the next justice to retire is likely to be left-leaning, a Barack Obama victory would maintain the status quo of four conservatives, four liberals, and Anthony M. Kennedy serving as the swing vote. But if John McCain appoints the next justice, the court could swing decidedly to the right. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • US Supreme Court  • conservative  • liberal  • justices

  • May 2008

    • What's Wrong With a Little Liberal Guilt?

      Slate  |  May 24, 08 8:13 PM CDT

      What's Wrong With a Little Liberal Guilt?

      (Newser) - Conservatives snigger about “liberal guilt" and deride white supporters of Barack Obama as “guilty liberals"—but what’s wrong with having a conscience after America's 4 centuries of racial injustice? There’s no shame in acknowledging it, Ron Rosenbaum writes in Slate: Let's not "delegitimize sincere excitement” that an Obama win would “represent a civil rights landmark." More »

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      Barack Obama  • race relations  • liberal  • guilt

    • West's Right Wingers Are Banking Left

      Der Spiegel  |  May 20, 08 3:12 PM CDT

      West's Right Wingers Are Banking Left

      (Newser) - There’s a distinct leftward tilt rippling across the western world, Gabor Steingart observes in Der Spiegel . From John McCain to England’s David Cameron to Germany’s Angela Merkel, conservative leaders are softening up and drifting toward the middle. To see why, one needs only look at three of the world’s marquee cities: Baghdad, Beijing and New York. More »

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      John McCain  • Angela Merkel  • conservative  • David Cameron  • liberal  • conservatism  • right wingers

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • Why Rudy Fell So Far, So Fast

      New York Times  |  Jan 30, 08 7:05 AM CST

      Why Rudy Fell So Far, So Fast

      (Newser) - How did the man who took summer polls by storm fall so precipitously in the esteem of GOP voters that he was finished by Florida, the state he chose for his first big victory? It could be the hubris, the inexperienced campaign team, the strategic mistakes—or it could be that "the more Republican voters saw of Mr. Giuliani, the less they wanted to vote for him," conclude Michael Powell and Michael Cooper in the New York Times . More »

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