Must Read linked over in GD - Boehlert on Dems, the media, and Iraq

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2691470

flpoljunkie - Eric Boehlert's "Eat the Press" must read on the Dems, the media and Iraq

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It's been a head-scratching spectacle this week to watch Democrats in the Senate debate war resolutions that would press the administration to begin bringing troops home--to force the White House to "submit to Congress its plan for continued redeployment beyond 2006"--and then be depicted in the press as the likely losers in the unfolding political battle. Losers because Democrats are "divided" (New York Times), "struggling for consensus" (Washington Post), and "squabbling among themselves" (Knight Ridder), as opposed to Republicans who appear unified behind Bush's 'stay the course' Iraq policy. (Democrats weak and confused, Republicans strong and resolute. Does the press ever got tired of that manufactured storyline?)

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1. great piece.

I love the implications of this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-boehlert/the-press-derides-dems-on_b_23546.html

By a margin of 54-32, Americans said they were more likely to vote for a candidate (i.e. a Democrat) who wants to pull troops out of Iraq by next summer.