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The Klein-Sullivan fight
The squabble taking place between Ezra Klein and Andrew Sullivan is truly bizarre. In his latest post, Sullivan bashes Klein for writing the following about NYT/IHT columnist Roger Cohen: Roger Cohen may feel like he is a liberal hawk, and thus distinct. But what Roger Cohen feels does not matter, because Roger Cohen does not
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The Gail Collins quiz
Yes, the former editor of the Times editorial page wasted an entire column on a wacky campaign quiz. Hilarious stuff.
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WSJ throws Frost mob overboard
How misguided was the Internet mob that smeared the Frost family, whose 12-year-old son delivered the Democratic radio address on SCHIP, as undeserving? Even the Wall Street Journal editorial board calls the Frosts “just the sort of family that a modest Schip is supposed to help”: Unfortunately, that narrative was bolstered this week by some
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Hillary brings back stem cell “ban” rhetoric
My friend Chris Mooney is right to praise Hillary Clinton for promising to stop the politicization of science if she’s elected president. But as Chris points out, the document promoting her plan repeatedly uses the misleading phrase “ban” to describe President Bush’s stem cell policy before clarifying that Bush’s policy only limits federally funded research.
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Hillary’s mythical “centrist… coalition”
From the Department of Implausible Claims: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton pushed back against criticism from fellow Democrats that she is too polarizing to unite the country as president, arguing that the political battles she has been through make her uniquely equipped to bring the nation together and build a centrist governing coalition. By this logic,
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The “Bush boom” in full swing
The “Bush boom” touted by National Review Online “expert” Jerry Bowyer is kicking in: New data shows that after adjusting for inflation, 95 percent of Americans reported smaller incomes to the tax man in 2005 than in 2000. Despite this, all Americans had more in their pockets as a result of the Bush tax cuts,
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The wages of moderation
Angry liberals frequently suggest that I criticize both sides to make money. For instance, Eric Alterman published a letter in which a reader said my “pox-on-both-your-housesism … pays the rent.” Tell that to my bank account! The truth is almost exactly the opposite. If Spinsanity had been partisan, we might have gotten Media Matters dollars.
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Buyers’ regret on Obama?
As awareness grows (here, here, here, and here) that Barack Obama may not have the stomach to lead an effective negative campaign, will Democrats turn toward John Edwards as the best hope of the anti-Hillary opposition? He was really good on Meet the Press…
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Bush: Tax cuts reduced the deficit
In a photo opportunity with his economic team today, President Bush used the new deficit numbers to again suggest that tax cuts increase revenue: You know, last February, it was projected that our deficit would be $244 billion, and today the Director informed us that the deficit — actual deficit is $163 billion. In other
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Leibovich vs. Leonhardt: NYT’s good and bad
Mark Leibovich is a former writer for the Washington Post’s loathsome Style section who now writes narrative-driven political “news” for the New York Times. Today he has an annoying piece on Fred Thompson’s performance in last night’s GOP debate: “All he has to do is not fall asleep,” the columnist Roger Simon wrote of Mr.