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When A Rating Becomes A Talking Point
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Aug 30, 2004 07:13pm |
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| News Date | Monday, August 30, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | If the past several months are any guide, more than a handful of convention speakers will mount the stage at Madison Square Garden this week and label John Kerry the most liberal member of the United States Senate.
Some will go on to say that Kerry's running mate, John Edwards, is the fourth-most-liberal senator, and they will describe the Kerry-Edwards ticket as the most liberal presidential ticket of all time.
As for their source, the speakers will cite one publication: the (take your pick) nonpartisan, nonideological, or authoritative National Journal -- the weekly magazine that is producing the newspaper you're reading now.
President Bush has cited National Journal's ranking of Kerry. So have Vice President Cheney and his wife, Lynne. Newt Gingrich mentions us all the time. So does Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie. We've even been discussed on Comedy Central's Daily Show With Jon Stewart.
In short, our magazine -- or, more precisely, our annual congressional vote ratings edition -- has become a Republican talking point in the 2004 presidential campaign. And that's been a fascinating, and disconcerting, experience. Fascinating because we're more used to being cited in congressional hearings than on the Today show. Disconcerting because the shorthand used to describe our ratings of Kerry and Edwards is sometimes misleading -- or just plain wrong. |
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