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Meet Hillary Clinton, Another Democratic "Populist"

Bill and Hillary join John Edwards in David Leonhardt's line of Democratic "populists" (not liberals).

Democrats: The Future's So Bright, They Gotta Wear Shades

Populist and pragmatist? Yeah, right: "In 1988, the populist Jesse Jackson kept stony counsel before giving his nod to the pragmatist Michael Dukakis."

Yeah! Winner Huckabee Deviates from "Republican Orthodoxy"

How to get the Times to like you: "In the final days of the race, Mr. Huckabee deviated further from what has been Republican orthodoxy. He stopped merely trumpeting the taxes that he cut in ...

How "Populist" Tax-Hiker Edwards Will Save Us from "Income Inequality"

Economics reporter David Leonhardt takes a shine to Edwards' "populist" (not liberal?) tax-raising rhetoric at the expense of Republican Mitt Romney.

Mitt Romney's Hard Right Move?

"The question at this point is whether Mr. Romney jerked the wheel too hard to the right..."

No Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Soil = Black Mark for CIA?

Pretzel logic: Since there's been no terrorist attacks on American soil since 9-11, the CIA was wrong in its harsh interrogation of Al Qaeda prisoners?

Huckabee Turning "Hard-Line" on Immigration to Appease GOP Base

Michael Cooper discovers a "hard-line" Huckabee on illegal immigration.

GOP Toned Down "Fierce...Heated Rhetoric" on Immigration for Hispanic Debate

A front-page story on the GOP's "Hispanic debate" did its best to portray the GOP as angry foes of illegal immigrants.

Talking Around Rangel's Big Tax Hike

The Times manages not to spell out precisely where Rangel's tax-hike proposal would begin to bite on "the wealthy."

Christian Conservatives in "Panic" Mode Over Giuliani

Laurie Goodstein, always alert for signs of a crackup on the religious right, thinks she may have found it with the split among conservative Christians over Giuliani. On three separate occasions ...
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