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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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No Kidding: Bush Sewage Plant Makes Nov. Ballot

SF group secures enough signatures to make satirical measure legit

Jul 18, 08 2:38 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Hatch Pens Ditty for Teddy 

GOP senator's ballad may be played at Democratic convention

Jul 16, 08 3:53 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Congress • Democratic National Convention • conservative • Ted Kennedy • Orrin Hatch • liberal

 McCain Would Tilt
 Split Court Right 

Court now divided along political spectrum

Jun 29, 08 1:19 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Opinion

What's Wrong With a Little Liberal Guilt?

It's okay to vote for Obama because he's, ahem, black

May 24, 08 8:13 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Barack Obama • race relations • guilt • liberal

Opinion

West's Right Wingers Are Banking Left

Conservatives taking a more moderate tack in face of unfriendly world

May 20, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

1996 Survey Reveals a More Liberal Barack

Aides deny Obama opposed death penalty and gun ownership

Mar 31, 08 9:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's older, liberal views came to light today after Politico unearthed an old questionnaire. Twelve years ago, he apparently wrote that he opposed the death penalty and the possession of handguns—opinions he has fine-tuned since. But his camp denies the writing is Obama's. "There are several answers... More »

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death penalty • Barack Obama • gun control • capital punishment • Obama 2008 • liberal • Election 2008

 Foes Tag Obama With L-Word 

Critics say new-style candidate is an old-style liberal

Mar 26, 08 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's campaign says the candidate is beyond labels but the senator's critics think they've found one that fits: liberal. The McCain campaign has branded the candidate an "old-style liberal," while the Clintonites say Obama's positions could alienate moderates—and wonder how the candidate National Journal rated as... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • John Kerry • conservative • Michael Dukakis • liberal • moderate

Americans Get More Liberal With Age

Long-term study
shows elders
trending left

Mar 10, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The older a person gets, the more conservative he or she is likely to be, right? Wrong, say scientists who studied more than 46,000 people who responded to a US government survey from 1972 to 2004. In fact, a lead researcher tells LiveScience, "More people are changing in... More »

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elderly • age • conservative • list • sociology • liberal • age discrimination • senior citizens

OPINION

Why Rudy Fell So Far, So Fast

Did voters see too little of him, or more than  enough?

Jan 30, 08 7:05 AM CST
(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... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • New York City • Republican voters • Republican candidate • Florida primary • liberal

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