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• November 23 -- Todd Purdum on well-loved departing moderate Colin Powell.
Todd Purdum sighs after well-loved departing moderate Colin Powell in a "What If?" think piece for the Sunday Week in Review, "Imagining How Powell Might Still Have a Job."

• November 17 -- Religious Right, but "Religious Left"
David Kirkpatrick mulls post-election religious grumbling among Democrats: "Some Democrats are scrambling to shake off their secular image, stepping up efforts to organize the 'religious left' and debating changes to how they approach the cultural flashpoints of same-sex marriage and abortion." But why the quote marks around "religious left"?

• November 15 -- Democratic "Embrace" of Civil Rights Cost Party the South
Robin Toner's front-page story on the decline of the Southern Democrat fingers the civil rights movement.

• November 9 -- What Can Save the Democrats Now?
Dean Murphy speculates on what it will take for the Democrats to regain power: "History suggests several possibilities for a major reshaping event -- a national calamity, a deep schism in the ruling party, the implosion of a social movement under the excesses of its own agenda or the emergence of an extraordinary political figure."

• November 9 -- "Conservative" Sen. Reid to the Democrats' Rescue?
A Times editorial tilts the labeling field.

• November 2 -- For Democrats, Times "Looms Larger Than Life"
In the liberal New Republic magazine, Michelle Cottle finds Democrats who admit to holding the Times in high regard: "For these folks, the paper of record looms larger than life."

• October 25 -- The Return of the King

• July 14 -- Ron Reagan Jr. Steals the Show
Thomas Crampton trumpets Ron Reagan Jr.'s scheduled speech at the Democratic National Convention: "Republicans may have placed the feel-good legacy of Ronald Reagan center stage, but the Democrats just stole the best actor in a supporting role."

• July 13 -- Sunny Skies in the West for Dems
Reporter Carl Hulse delivers Democratic optimism: "Democrats See New Hope in Republican Strongholds."

• July 6 -- Good News for Repubs: Dao Thinks They're Doomed
James Dao carries dire news for Ohio Republicans: "The disarray is so great, Democrats contend, that it could hurt President Bush's ability to win Ohio, a pivotal state for the Republicans." Given Dao's track record, should Republicans be worried?

• February 17 -- Democratic Whistleblowers, Republican Villains
Neil Lewis sounds indignant over Republican Senate staffers who obtained Democratic memos: "But the Democrats have now confidently gathered in a herd on the moral high ground….Faced with a difficult-to-defend situation, many Republicans simply withdrew from the field of battle, quietly slipping out of the room." The Times hasn't always been so judgmental about partisan use of improperly obtained information.

• January 19 -- Stop the Presses: Times NOT Too Tough on Dean
Responding to email from angry Deaniacs, Public Editor Daniel Okrent concludes the Times has not been too tough on Dean. Is he taking non-liberal complaints into account as well?

• January 6 -- Balanced Campaign Coverage? Times Batting 0-for-'04
Two sets of headlines offer an ominous preview of the presidential campaign. On the left: "Clark and Kerry Offering Plans to Help Middle Class….Gearing proposals to appeal to everyday Americans." On the right: "Bush Pushes Education as Election Year Opens….Defending Programs that Democrats say he underfinanced."

• November 6 -- Jehl Buries Dirty Details of Demo Memo
Douglas Jehl buries the contents of a Democratic intelligence committee memo which suggested using the supposedly bipartisan committee for political advantage during Bush's re-election campaign--and ignores a Democratic senator's fiery criticism of the tactic.

• September 22 -- “Moderate” Dukakis but “Staunchly Conservative” Bush?
To Robin Toner, Bill Clinton is “centrist,” Michael Dukakis is “moderate”--but George Bush is “staunchly conservative.”

• July 15 -- “Carnage” In Iraq?
Reporter Adam Nagourney writes on the “continuing carnage in Iraq.” Carnage?

• May 27 -- “Willie Horton” Republicans Rough Up “Softball” Democrats
In Adam Clymer’s view, Republicans win by using “everything from Willie Horton's image to the suggestion that Senator Max Cleland, who lost both legs and an arm in Vietnam, was unconcerned about national security.” Meanwhile, Democrats “lack the killer instinct that it takes to sell blunt, demagogic messages.”