Newsweek’s Idea of a Moderate Democrat: Liberal North Dakota Congressman with Single-Digit ACU Score in 2009
Newsweek — the floundering weekly news magazine that was recently sold for the princely sum of $1.00 — apparently assigns a pretty low value on the intelligence of its readers. Take yesterday's online article by David Graham on the reelection campaign of the at-large congressman for North Dakota: “Meet Earl Pomeroy, the Moderate Democrat Touting His Health-Reform Vote.” “Can one Blue Dog’s unorthodox ad strategy localize his election and head off the demise of another incumbent?” asked the subheadline. Of course, both the moderate and Blue Dog tags bring to mind a Democrat that perhaps agrees with the liberal leadership of his party about half of the time, but is fairly independent and conservative-minded on a whole host of issues. Trouble is, this is precisely what Pomeroy is not, according to both the liberal Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) and the American Conservative Union (ACU). read more
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Newsweek’s Idea of a Moderate Democrat: Liberal North Dakota Congressman with Single-Digit ACU Score in 2009
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