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Sheryl Gay Stolberg

• November 22 -- Poor, "Poignant" Tom Daschle
Pity poor Tom: "In the Senate, the Democratic leader, Tom Daschle of South Dakota, who lost his re-election bid, delivered a poignant farewell speech that brought him a standing ovation…The scant Republican showing provoked Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, Democrat of New Jersey, to speak out….Outside the Senate chamber, the common ground Mr. Daschle spoke of seemed hard to find."

• November 9 -- Don't Get "Too Radical," Republicans
Sheryl Gay Stolberg thinks Republicans can be dissuaded from "too radical an agenda."

• November 5 -- A Specter Looming Over Bush's Sunny Week
The Times takes a step back from the election with broad-based, mostly respectful stories on how values-oriented voters put Bush over the top. But the paper doesn’t miss a chance to stir controversy, fronting a story on Republican Sen. Arlen Specter comments on abortion.

• November 4 -- Curtain Call for Tom Daschle, "A Man of Decency"
One last loving profile from Sheryl Gay Stolberg on defeated Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle: "The soft-spoken leader has often been described by his fellow Democrats as a man of decency."

• November 3 -- Wednesday Morning Quarterbacking NYT's Pro-Dem Hints
Some of the Times' more optimistic pro-Democratic stories didn't pan out.

• October 7 -- "Conservatives" vs. "Independents"
Labeling bias in Sheryl Gay Stolberg's story on Tom Delay.

• October 4 -- Chafee's "Painful Journey of Political Conscience" to Diss Bush
Sheryl Gay Stolberg throws another softball to a Republican critical of Bush, liberal Sen. Lincoln Chafee: "Pensive and intellectual, he hardly appears suited for the bare-knuckle world of politics and seems to exist on the periphery of things, ambling about the Capitol like an absent-minded professor making a study of its power-hungry inhabitants."

• September 9 -- Not-So-Straight Shooters at the Times
Is the assault weapons ban popular or not? Don't ask the Times.

• September 1 -- Stolberg Profiles "Zig Zag Zell"
Congressional reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg departs from her usual laudatory tone in a profile of "traitor" Democratic Sen. Zell Miller, who's giving the keynote speech tonight for Bush.

• September 1 -- "Ruthless" Rudy Attacks Kerry
A day late, the Times jumps on Rudy Giuliani's "ruthless" Monday night "pummeling" of John Kerry. One headline: "Loves Dogs, Hates Kerry: A Two-Prong Campaign Tactic." Another line: "The Bush strategy is to vilify Kerry. Compassionately."

• August 11 -- Another "Independent-Minded" Bush Critic
Reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg praises yet another moderate Republican senator, and frequent Bush critic, Sen. Susan Collins: "Independent-minded but cautious…with her pleasant demeanor and penchant for being well prepared…."

• August 2 -- Republicans "Looked Like Bullies" Against Daschle
Sheryl Gay Stolberg writes another fawning piece on Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle's fight to retain his Senate seat in South Dakota: "'Lightweight' is not an expression anyone would use to describe Tom Daschle….Daschle is gentle and soft-spoken....The Democratic leader wound up looking like a victim; the Republicans, like bullies."

• July 28 -- "Feisty" Teresa Heinz Kerry
The Times soft-pedals the controversy over Teresa Heinz Kerry's "feisty comments."

• July 28 -- John Kerry's Photo Flop
The Times has an amusing take on the photograph of John Kerry in blue: "The resulting photo made him look like the sperm played by Woody Allen in 'Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask.'"

• July 7 -- The "Relentlessly Upbeat" John Edwards?
Does this sound like Reagan to you? "We will say no to kids going hungry, to kids who don't have the clothes to keep them warm, and no forever to any American working full-time and living in poverty. Not in our America!"

• June 15 -- The Times To Bush: You're No Ronald Reagan
Sheryl Gay Stolberg gets a full anti-Bush story out of a sentence Ron Reagan Jr. spoke at his father's eulogy.

• May 25 -- Tom Daschle's Home-Field Advantage: The NYT
Sheryl Gay Stolberg's latest valentine to Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle ponders the propriety of Sen. Bill Frist actually (horrors!) campaigning against Daschle.

• May 17 -- Front-Page Cheers for Kerry-McCain
Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Jodi Wilgoren get front-page treatment for the latest exercise in media wishful thinking: A Kerry-McCain ticket.

• May 12 -- Which Republican Bush Critic Are We Lauding Today?
After interviewing media hero Sen. John McCain on Sunday, Sheryl Gay Stolberg Wednesday provides a laudatory look at moderate Republican Sen. John Warner.

• May 11 -- The Secret of His Success
Sheryl Gay Stolberg files a profile of media hero Sen. John McCain, again basking in attention after his withering critique of Donald Rumsfeld on the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.

• April 20 -- "Controversial" to Claim Alger Hiss a Spy?
Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Felicia Lee report on a controversy over Bush's nominee for U.S. archivist Allen Weinstein: "He has long been controversial among historians, in part because of his conclusion in his 1978 book, 'Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case,' that Hiss was indeed a Communist spy." Actually, the only "controversy" about Hiss' guilt these days is among left-wingers.

• April 2 -- "Nonpolitical" WTC Widows
Sheryl Gay Stolberg's front-page story, "9/11 Widows Skillfully Applied The Power of a Question: Why?" suggests they have no political agenda. However, statements from the women themselves suggest otherwise.

• March 24 -- Richard Clarke, "Unbowed"
The Times profiles the anti-Bush brigades' newest star Richard Clarke, portraying him as standing "unbowed" against attempts by the Bushies to "discredit" him.

• March 19 -- “Unavoidable” McCain, Avoidable Zell
Reporter Todd Purdum related with relish on the front page how Sen. John McCain proclaimed on morning TV that John Kerry was not “quote, weak on defense.” Utterly left out: any Republican outrage. This is not how Sen. Zell Miller was treated for his friendship with George W. Bush.

• March 4 -- "My Heroes Have Always Been…" Senate Democratic Leaders?
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, who recently called Democratic Senate leader (and Limbaugh-basher) Tom Daschle "soft-spoken" and "decent," uses a whirlwind gun vote in Congress to spin the liberal leader into a legislative hero: "When the gunfight--or rather, the fight over guns--finished in the Senate on Tuesday, it seemed as if Senator Tom Daschle, the Democratic leader, was the last man standing."

• February 26 -- Mad Over Max
Sheryl Gay Stolberg writes former Sen. Max Cleland's life story up as a Hollywood story ruined by Republican tactics: "He called [the Senate] his 'dream job,' but the dream ended abruptly in November 2002….President Bush traveled to Georgia five times to campaign against him. But the low point, Mr. Cleland said, came when Republicans ran an advertisement juxtaposing his face with those of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein."

• January 13 -- "Soft Spoken, Gentle" Daschle Accused Rush Listeners of Threats
Sheryl Gay Stolberg likens Senate minority leader Tom Daschle to a teddy bear: "With his soft-spoken, almost gentle manner, Mr. Daschle is the rare politician who can go on the attack without seeming snappish; one word often used to describe him is 'decent.'" Rush Limbaugh and fans may disagree.

• December 1 -- "Rising Incivility" in Congress: Blame Gingrich
Sheryl Gay Stolberg laments "Rising Incivility on Capitol Hill" and finds that it's (of course) Newt Gingrich's fault: "The old social order of the House was overturned in 1994, when Republicans, led by Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia, wrested control of the chamber from Democrats after 40 years....the tensions spread to the Senate as House members trained in Mr. Gingrich's bare-knuckles style won election there."

• July 2 -- Another Times’ Scoop
“Many Americans believe marriage is between a man and a woman.” -- Reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg in her July 2 article, “White House Avoids Stands on Gay Marriage Measure.”