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Poll of Republicans Met With Shock, Skepticism
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(Feb. 3) -- Most Republicans think Barack Obama is a socialist and Sarah Palin is more qualified than him to be president. Most either think Obama wasn't born in the U.S. or aren't sure. Nearly 40 percent want him impeached. Those are a few of the results in a Daily Kos poll that's shaking up the blogosphere. The liberal Web site commissioned Research 2000 to survey more than 2,000 self-identified Republicans last month. Site founder Markos Moulitsas -- the "Kos" in Daily Kos -- called the results "nothing short of startling." A few more nuggets from the poll: 21 percent believe the ...
Democratic Civil Wars Likely as Left Weighs Primary Challenges Over Health
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyDemocrats are having fun highlighting the "civil war" within the Republican Party, but their schadenfreude may be short-lived. Conservative and moderate Democrats are failing one liberal litmus test after another, stoking not just frustration on the left but also potential primary challenges. The list of those tests starts with the public option, a proposed government-sponsored health insurance plan that appears to be losing ground on Capitol Hill despite continued popularity in opinion polls. And that's just the beginning. As filing deadlines approach, particularly for later primaries, ...
Obama Turns to Bloggers to Pass Health Care
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyWith many Democrats becoming squeamish about attempts to pass a health care bill before the August recess, President Obama and his chief adviser, David Axelrod, hosted a conference call (audio here) Monday with several prominent liberal bloggers. Their message was clear: Pressure nervous Democrats into passing something now. Obama isn't up for reelection until 2012, but many Democrats have to face voters next year. As such, they are understandably nervous about passing such sweeping legislation -- which will likely involve increasing the deficit, as well as tax increases for some Americans ...
O'Reilly Hits Back at 'Far Left' Over Tiller's Murder
By David Knowles - Politics DailyDoes Bill O'Reilly have blood on his hands in the murder of late-term abortion doctor George Tiller? To hear many left-leaning websites tell it, there's no real question. One of O'Reilly's regular targets, the Daily Kos, has put together a video montage of the dozens of segments O'Reilly has aired accusing Tiller of "executing babies" for "no reason whatsoever" in a Nazi-style "death mill."But did O'Reilly's vitriol over Tiller's profession really incite the likes of anti-government activist Scott Roeder, the suspect in the murder? After all, O'Reilly -- though he was adamant that Tiller's ...
Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly Among Early Scapegoats for Tiller Murder
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyIt didn't take long. The blogosphere, and the more immediate (and arguably more important) Twittersphere are abuzz with finger-pointing in the hours-ago murder of Dr. George Tiller. On Twitter, Daily Kos' Markos Moulitsas was characterisically subtle with his summation:Who'll be the next target of O'Reilly's and Beck's ire to get gunned down by domestic conservative terrorist?As I pointed out earlier, Bill O'Reilly has already been singled out, and Ann Coulter was the next to be teed up: ...
Michelle Malkin Takes Aim at Bill O'Reilly, Who Fires Back
By David Knowles - Politics DailyA spat of sorts has emerged between blogger and syndicated columnist Michele Malkin and FOX News talk-show host Bill O'Reilly. At issue is a comment left at Hot Air that characterizes Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's pick for the Supreme Court, as "militant and socialist." Here's O'Reilly's explanation of the throw-down: The sniping between Malkin and O'Reilly is good theater, but the underlying issue is really rather mundane. As the comment in question was left by a reader, not one of the many fine writers paid to offer opinion pieces on the site, it is hardly fair to take Malkin to task ...
New York Times Defends Maureen Dowd on Plagiarism Charge
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAs David Knowles wrote earlier, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd is under fire for a passage in her op-ed piece that is a near-identical copy of one from TPM's Josh Marshall.Now, Politico reports that the New York Times has issued them a statement defending Dowd:...I put the question of whether this is common practice for columnists before Times editorial page editor Andy Rosenthal, who passed me along to PR. But now I've now received a statement supporting Dowd from spokesperson Diane McNulty. Maureen had us correct the column online as soon as the error was brought to her attention, ...
Poll: 'Tea Parties' a PR Victory or Failure?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyYesterday's "Tea Party" demonstrations were, depending on your news source and ideological perspective (don't these two things go hand-in-hand these days?), either a victory for ordinary citizens spontaneously standing up against government tyranny, or a paltry gathering of dingbats who threw an ugly tantrum at the behest of FOX News. If you're a fan of Karl Rove's Wall Street Journal column, you probably think the former. If you get your kicks on DailyKos, the latter version of events may seem more accurate. Our own Matt Lewis and Tommy Christopher had some good reports from the soggy front ...
Evil Mr. Rogers Fox News Clip Makes Rounds of Humorless Liberals
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyMarkos Moulitsas tweeted a story about Fox News' "F'ing Crazy" assertion that Mr. Rogers is evil. That is a crazy thing to say. I checked it out, and this is the hot story on Digg! right now. (Yes, I'm jealous.)There's a corresponding story at Daily Kos, too, also decrying Fox's insanity at making the claim that Mr' Rogers is evil. Tough to argue with. There are 2 problems with this story. First, the YouTube clip is from December. Isn't there a statute of limitations on this stuff?Secondly, there's the clip itself. I want to start by saying that I am as liberal as it gets. I had my kids form a ...
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