To reporter Michael Luo, Mitt Romney is a "buttoned-down multimillionaire" and a "one-time leveraged-buyout artist" who is "lobbing conservative grenades once again."
From beginning to end, the Times couldn't find any liberal ideology in John Edwards' "populist" campaign against big business and for universal health care.
Compare these lead sentences:
"John Edwards, the progressive Democratic candidate who made a populist, anti-poverty message the centerpiece of his campaign, has decided to drop out of the ...
What book would the former Vice Presidential nominee bring into the White House? A book by a man so radical he blamed South Korea for starting the Korean War.
A glowing profile of the Edwards' campaign: "Surrounding him were about 100 voters, all seated on outdoor chairs provided by the local Congregational church, in a scene that could not have been ...
Balance, NYT style: The GOP is trying to appeal to "conservatives," while Democrat John Edwards is free to cite the "imposing historical figure" of Bobby Kennedy without being called a liberal.
