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Zeleny Rides to Harry Reid's Defense Over 'Negro' Remark

Reporter Jeff Zeleny digs into the archives to give Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid the benefit of the doubt on his "negro" remark: "Few would dispute that Mr. Obama is a far smoother speaker ...

John Schwartz's Annual Distort: Mocking Bush's Social Security Reform, Reaganomics

Reporter John Schwartz is making an annual specialty out of mocking Republican economic ideas in the paper's special Mutual Funds Report section: In 2005 President Bush's attempt at Social ...

Stolberg Marks 'Poignant' Departure of Another Liberal Senator

Sheryl Gay Stolberg had previously lauded defeated Democratic Senate leader Tom Daschle as "a man of decency."

Movie Critic Manohla Dargis Works in Left-Wing Iraq Talking Point in 'Hurt Locker' Recap

Thanks for the heads-up, Manohla! The Times liberal movie critic reminds us "that war is both dirty business (and often fought by the poor)..."

Nicholas Kristof Plugs Obama-Care on CNN: 'We Will Look Back on It With Pride'

Liberal columnist Kristof plugs Obama-care on CNN, has no problem with secret negotiations: "when people talk to you, that means they're not serious. When they actually are quiet and they are ...

Nancy Pelosi's Jab at Obama that 'No One Missed' - Except for Times Readers

The Times' John Harwood claims that "No one missed Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent jab at Mr. Obama when she pointed out campaign stances that he has since set aside." Well, no one except New York ...

Jackie Calmes Pities Obama's Full Plate, Again Lauds His 'Stimulus' Package

The world keeps intruding as Mr. Obama tries to execute his promised pivot" on the economy. But one of those intrusions is Obama's own health care agenda.

Rich Compares 9-11 Attacks to the '9-15 Failure of Lehman Brothers'

Frank Rich can't stop equating the financial crisis to the destruction of the Twin Towers: "What we don't know will hurt us, and quite possibly on a more devastating scale than any Qaeda attack. ...

Blow's Wishful Thinking on GOP: 'Turning Further Right Only Hastens Its Demise'

Charles Blow goes "Deliverance" on tea party protesters: "The attack on the Republican establishment by the tea party folks grabs the gaze like a really bad horror flick - some version of 'Hee ...

Times Keeps Pushes the Myth of Missing Moderates in the G.O.P.

The mystery of the missing moderates: The "moderate wing of the Republican Party in Florida and across the country is a very, very small group...if they exist at all, Times political profiler Mark ...
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