Democrats (liberals, progressive) nearly always overreach or overstate their positions. Republicans (conservatives) nearly always respond with compromise, not wanting to appear as obstructionists. After all, every time conservatives stand up to liberals and liberals don't get their way, conservatives are called obstructionists by liberals. The MSM duly reports what liberals say, what they say about conservatives, and what they spin when the news favors liberal ideals. And the MSM ignores the news when it does not further liberal ideals. E.J. Dionne, in the Washington Post, began the liberal spin about President Obama's most recent overreach and compromise/backdown, his "accommodation" on the contraception affair for religious institutions, particularly Catholic hospitals and colleges. Dionne stated, "President Obama did today what he should have done at the very beginning...." On Friday, February 10, 2012, Obama announced that his administration will not require religious institutions to provide free contraception to employees in their health insurance. But on January 20, 2012, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that church-affiliated institutions will have....
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