09-21-2008, 06:31 PM
It's mixed, actually. The news side is a "bastion of the liberal press", and the editorial side is a bastion of the conservative point of view. From a UCLA study:
"While the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is conservative, the newspaper's news pages are liberal, even more liberal than The New York Times."
I imagine a lot of traditional conservatives are plenty cheesed off by the duplicitous relationship between elected officials and Wall Street, and are revolted by the fake Americana of the McCain/Palin ticket. Both parties do a pretty good job of playing, robbing, and patronizing heartland voters. Glad to see Obama's got traction among farmer's unions and disenchanted middle-American voters, there's a sea of red states between New York and LA that are as unmoved by Democratic orthodox rhetoric as there are dense urban blue states that are unmoved by the stale Republican message. Historically low approval ratings in the Democratically-led congress should be evidence that rejecting one side's message isn't the same thing as embracing the other's.
The Democrats haven't been able to succeed with a candidate that isn't a southern Governor in almost half a century, it'll be interesting to see if Senator Obama's candidacy can change that dynamic. After 8 years of unpopular opposition rule, no incumbent to run against, and a bad economy, he's got a built-in advantage I hope he can widen.
"While the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is conservative, the newspaper's news pages are liberal, even more liberal than The New York Times."
I imagine a lot of traditional conservatives are plenty cheesed off by the duplicitous relationship between elected officials and Wall Street, and are revolted by the fake Americana of the McCain/Palin ticket. Both parties do a pretty good job of playing, robbing, and patronizing heartland voters. Glad to see Obama's got traction among farmer's unions and disenchanted middle-American voters, there's a sea of red states between New York and LA that are as unmoved by Democratic orthodox rhetoric as there are dense urban blue states that are unmoved by the stale Republican message. Historically low approval ratings in the Democratically-led congress should be evidence that rejecting one side's message isn't the same thing as embracing the other's.
The Democrats haven't been able to succeed with a candidate that isn't a southern Governor in almost half a century, it'll be interesting to see if Senator Obama's candidacy can change that dynamic. After 8 years of unpopular opposition rule, no incumbent to run against, and a bad economy, he's got a built-in advantage I hope he can widen.