WaPo Paints Obama Plan to Kill D.C. Vouchers as 'Middle Way on a Conte

Ken Shepherd
May 7th, 2009 11:41 AM
President Obama is proposing a measure today to slowly kill the D.C. school voucher program by attrition. Because the liberal National Education Association wants Congress to immediately kill the program, the Washington Post's Bill Turque and Shailagh Murray hailed Obama's plan as "an attempt to navigate a middle way on a contentious issue."President Obama will propose setting aside enough money…
 

WaPo Lauds Retiring GOPer Who 'Ruled From the Center

Ken Shepherd
January 31st, 2008 11:07 AM
Heaping praise on moderate Republican Rep. Tom Davis (Va.), the Washington Post devoted not one but two articles in the January 31 paper to the congressman. The Post lauded Davis for his centrism, but particularly for angering the Virginia GOP's conservative base. Yet left unmentioned was any analysis suggesting moderation was what felled his wife's 2007 state senate reelection campaign. Staff…