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Reporter Asks If It's 'Dangerous' for GOP to Insult Occupy Wall Street Leftists

Sam Roberts on Republican candidates mocking Occupy Wall Street: Is that a potentially dangerous tactic, since even most Republican voters are more likely to be among the 99 percent than the one ...

Obama's Supposedly 'Famous' '57 States' Gaffe Went Virtually Unmentioned in the Times

Michael Shear said: "President Obama had that famous thing where he once said I think there were 57 states." But the Times barely mentioned Obama's "famous" flub. Meanwhile, Gov. Rick Perry's ...

NYT Reporter: Harassment Claim Blame Falls Solely on Cain

So much for presumed innocent. Sam Roberts on Herman Cain's response to anonymous sexual harassment allegations: "But isn't the more fundamental question, that he has no one except himself to blame?"

Reporter's Heated OWS Rhetoric: 'Wealthiest of the Wealthy Control More of the Country's Treasure'

OWS lefties are right, reporter says: "Those numbers suggest that the Occupy Wall Street protesters can make a compelling case when they complain that the economic scales are unfairly tilted ...

NYT's Appelbaum: 'Everything We Know About Economics' Says Govt. 'Should Be Getting Bigger Right Now'

Binyamin Appelbaum has the solution to economic malaise - even more federal spending: "And for governments, the real problem is that there's this tremendous political pressure to get smaller, and ...

Times Reporters Let Their Liberal Instincts Loose on Podcast

Jeff Zeleny on why people think Obama is a Muslim: "Rush Limbaugh talks about it all the time." No, he doesn't. And financial writer Floyd Norris reminisces: "One thing that struck me about this ...

Stolberg Snobby About Anti-Mosque Opinions Outside Manhattan

In a Times podcast, reporters suggest racism is partially to blame for Obama's bad poll numbers, and Sheryl Gay Stolberg says that the hicks in the sticks don't understand the mosque project at ...

Bush and WMD: 'Does Karl Rove or the President Owe the American Public an Apology?'

In a discussion prompted by Karl Roves new book, political podcast host Sam Roberts hews to liberal talking points on Bush and weapons of mass destruction, but is refuted by reporter Peter Baker ...

'Weird' Tea Party Conventioneers: More Anger Than Answers

Tea Party convention-goers have a lot of anger, they don't have a lot of answers, according to reporter Kate Zernike on a nytimes.com podcast.

Adam Nagourney Also Dismisses NJ, VA Dems as Lousy Candidates, Sparing Obama

In a podcast, chief political reporter Adam Nagourney throws Democrats under the bus, leaving Obama and his agenda blameless: "Is that really surprising, that they didn't show up to vote for ...
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