Yes, this piece by Mike Dorning of the Chicago Tribune does once again illustrate a frequent technique employed by political activists like Mike Dorning and political advocacy groups like the Chicago Tribune whereby said political activists label the "conservatives" but fail to label those on the left.  However, this press release by Mike Dorning and the Chicago Tribune also once again demonstrates what incompetent fools members of the Washington press corps are.  Dorning incorrectly labels the Cato Institute as "conservative".  Hahahahahaha.  The Cato Institute is NOT "conservative".  It is a libertarian think tank.  I have seen members of the Washington press corps make the same false claim hundreds and hundreds of times.  They simply can not comprehend that the Cato Institute is not "conservative".

Also, note this bit of unsubstantiated advocacy from Mr. Dorning:

"In the view of economists, the most significant aspect of the stimulus would be the jobs created as money received from tax breaks and funds spent on government-financed projects ripples through the economy. Someone hired for a road project or a school renovation spends their pay at local businesses, creating demand for their services or products, leading them to hire more employees, who in turn spend their pay. It's a cycle that repeats itself many times, economists say."

"In the view of economists"?  "It's a cycle that repeats itself many times, economists say"?  "Economists"?  All "economists" think alike?  That bit from Mr. Dorning demonstrates another favorite technique employed by members of the Washington press corps, to wit:  When leftists say something, members of the Washington press corps substitute "Americans say ...", "People say ...", "Economists say ...", etc., for "Leftists say ...."

In recent times, conservatism is being demonised much like George W. Bush has been demonized and vilified by the media. The media and President Obama are making a concerted effort to identify everything that is conservative as extreme, evil, unfair, cold-hearted, cruel, hateful, uncool, and unpopular.

Obama has been doing this by publicly demonizing FOX news, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh. Pretty soon, "conservative bashing" will become just as popular as "Bush bashing" unless we can produce a conservative spokesman with charisma and a message that rings true. Perhaps Michael Steele could be the man.

Another major problem that conservatives face is that most all republicans in the house and the Senate are caving-in to liberal ideas, such as expanding the scope and size of the federal government, global warming and comprehensive immigration reform. Perhaps they don't want to be demonized and vilified as being too conservative. We need proud conservatives in government. We have to many wimpy RINO Republicans who seek approval for adopting liberal ideas that may have good intentions but also have negative consequences. 

Although the Senate republicans are opposed to the "stimulus" bill as presented by the Democrats, they will likely vote for a compromise bill which will also dramatically increases the size and scope of the federal government and drastically increase the national debt.

We need to see conservative Republicans unabashedly calling for restraint in government spending and debt. We need conservative Republicans to boldly call for less government intervention. Less government spending. Less government debt. Less government programs. Less government power.

The government caused the housing bubble by pressuring banks to make housing loans to people, regardless of their ability to repay the loan. The government bought these most of these risky loans through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The government caused the problem. The government is not the solution. The solution resides in hard work, individual passion, innovation, financial responsibility, and less government tinkering. 

Instead, Democrats and Republicans alike, are in favor of growing the size and scope of the federal government, but they are focusing on spending money on their "pet projects", rather than the Democrats.

Borrowing and spending will  lead to the collapse of our economy. We need conservative leaders to boldly stand up and preach "first do no harm". Let's pay our bills the best we can, individually and as a nation. Let's spend our money with frugality, individually and as a nation. Let us become more productive and exploit this nations natural resources to it's fullest in this time struggle. Let us produce more oil, steel, coal, lumber, plastics and manufactured goods. Let us increase our prosperity the old fashioned way. Let's buckle down, work hard and earn it. That is what I am waiting to hear from a politician. So far I haven't heard anything resembling the obvious truth. 

In the article, Dorning references the think tank as "allied closely with the Obama camp", which to any thinking person, means bed-wetting liberal.

Quick flash-thought....

Perhaps the MSM doesn't label the Libs so often because it's rather easy to spot them (or they're already well-know weasels)?

Other possibility: their target-ID systems are not entirely reliable, so it's to avoid "friendly fire" incidents once they start shooting (off at the mouth/keyboard/etc...).

Also, the "fill-in-the-blank conservative blah-blah-blah" labels are "flags" that they wave in front of the foaming-at-the-mouth rabid feeling-fueled hoards.  Otherwise they won't know when it's time to rise up and register their (self)rigtheous indignation over something or other.