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Dems Hand GOP 'Stinging Defeat' in Senate, But GOP Won House Despite 'Deep Disapproval,' Partisanship

Jennifer Steinhauer shone sour light on a bright spot for Republicans in yesterday's vote: "Deep disapproval of Congress and dissatisfaction with partisan division appeared no match for ...
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Jodi Kantor in NYT: Obama Carving 'Own Grand Place' in History While Fighting Tea Party 'Nativism'

Obama biographer Jodi Kantor on Obama's private dinners with left-wing "scholars": "He wanted to apply the lessons of past presidential triumphs and failures to his own urgent project of ...
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New York Times' Nate Silver Puts Romney's Chances at 'About 8 Percent'

The morning of Election Day, the New York Times star poll forecaster Nate Silver forecast that Barack Obama had a 91.6% of retaining the presidency. Silver told Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert ...
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Just in Time, NYT Discovers 'Strident' Anti-Romney Slant at MSNBC

Times media reporter Jeremy Peters: "Such stridency [from MSNBC host Rachel Maddow] has put NBC News journalists who cover Republicans in awkward and compromised positions, several people who ...
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NYT's Keller Distressed By Paul Ryan’s 'Mostly White, Upper-Middle-Class' Alma Mater With 'Robust Frat Culture'

Bill Keller condescends to what he finds to be Paul Ryan's distressingly conservative alma mater, MIami University in Ohio: "Ryan’s alma mater draws mostly white, upper-middle-class students ...

Lefty Insight from NYT Sunday Review: 'Someone Is Going to Win, Someone Is Going to Lose,' Unless They Tie

After dropping the intellectual gem that "barring an Electoral College tie, someone is going to win, someone is going to lose," Emory professor Drew Westen writes in the Times Sunday Review: "A ...
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NYTimes' Matt Bai: Obama's Factually Challenged Memoir Sign of 'Narrative Sophistication...Novelistic Instinct'

Through sympathetic alchemy, New York Times Magazine political writer Matt Bai managed to transform Barack Obama's factually loose biography as a sign of "his narrative sophistication, his ...
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NYT's Calmes Keeps 'Stimulus' Fires Burning for Obama, Versus 'Crude' Argument by Romney Supporter

For years Times White House reporter Jackie Calmes has loyally defended Obama's "stimulus," and she keeps the flame burning on the eve of the election in a story with this photo caption in her ...
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NYTimes: Economic 'Recovery' Helping 'Energized, Fortified' Obama Down Stretch As Romney 'Misleads' in Ad

The New York Times certainly leaned "Forward!" for Barack Obama's reelection in its campaign coverage over the weekend, in both word choice and photo choice. And New Jersey's Republican governor ...
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Krugman Defends Nate Silver From 'Trolls," Says Will Take 'Miracle' for Romney to Win

Arrogant New York Times columnist Paul Krugman goes on the record about the Romney campaign's chances: "They clearly know that it will take a miracle -- sorry, a last-minute surge -- to prevail on ...
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