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AP's Babington Warns of Damage 'Hard-Right' Positions Cause GOP White House Hopefuls

"GOP presidential contenders drift to the right," reads the headline over a dispatch by the AP's Charles Babington who devoted an entire story to fears "Republican candidates are drifting ...

CBS: Palin Risks 'Rubbing Voters the Wrong Way' By Turning Only to Fox News

CBS's Erica Hill strongly hinted on Monday's Early Show that Sarah Palin's "extended flirtation...with running" for president and speaking only to Fox News to the detriment of the rest of the ...

CNN's Yellin Derides Coverage of Palin Bus Tour - But CNN Reported Tour Almost Every Hour

Isn't Jessica Yellin mocking her own network for incessantly reporting on Sarah Palin's bus tour? The CNN correspondent called the coverage of the tour "a media low-point" on CNN Tuesday, although ...

Chris Matthews Links Dennis Kucinich to Churchill and Lebron James, Promises 'Enthusiastic' Coverage

MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Tuesday could barely contain a tingle as he fawned over left-wing Congressman Dennis Kucinich, connecting the Representative to World War II hero Winston Churchill and ...

CBS News Producer: 'Dangerous' Palin Could Cause a Car Crash

The press is pouting because potential GOP presidential contender Sarah Palin is apparently having a bit of fun with them, by refusing to let them know in advance where she is headed on her bus ...

NY Times Says Win in NY Special Election 'Galvanizing for Democrats,' Dismissed GOP After 2009 Wins

New York Times reporter Carl Hulse on Democratic prospects for 2012: "But the victory in New York was galvanizing for Democrats, and for now at least has given them confidence that they can use ...

ABC Gins Up 'Epic Political Showdown' Between 'Female Favorites' Palin and Bachmann

ABC's Good Morning America on Tuesday offered a dismissive take on two conservative females, Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann. Reporter Jon Karl brushed aside Palin's bus tour as "another reality ...

Time's Joe Klein Declares Dem House Win a 'Victory for Socialism,' Later Retracts 'Tongue-in-Cheek' Comment

Appearing on the May 25 edition of MSNBC's Last Word, Time magazine's Joe Klein declared that a Democrat's victory in a New York House election was "a victory for socialism!"

CBS's Smith Wonders If Tea Party 'Losing' Its Appeal, More Sunday Pleas to Raise Taxes

"Do you think the Tea Party is losing some of its appeal?" So Harry Smith cued up a hardly independent guest on Sunday's Face the Nation: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chair of the DNC. Meanwhile, ...

NBC's Harwood: Palin 'Next to Zero Chance of Being Elected President'

As broadcast news programs over the weekend gave attention to Sarah Palin's bus tour which was viewed as a possible prelude to a presidential run, NBC correspondent John Harwood had one of the ...
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