The New York Times logo The New York Times 2 weeks ago

Op-Ed Columnist: The Night They Drove the Tea Partiers Down

FOR all cable news’s efforts to inflate Election 2009 into a cliffhanger as riveting as Balloon Boy, ratings at MSNBC and CNN were flat Tuesday night. But not at Fox News, where the audience nearly doubled its usual prime-time average. Full Article at The New York Times

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  1. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 23: U.S. President Barack Obama (3L) speaks at a cabinet meeting at the White House on November 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama met with his Cabinet for updates across several areas including national security, budget planning, and health insurance reform.
  2. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 23: U.S. President Barack Obama poses for a photograph with students from Longfellow Hight School and Oakton High School, Fairfax, VA. at an event highlighting initiatives designed to boost science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education at the Eisenhower Execu...
  3. WHEAT RIDGE, CO - NOVEMBER 21: Obama supporter Mary Schaeffer argues with Obama critic Gary Henderson during a protest in front of a controversial billboard questioning the President's American citizenship at a used car lot on November 21, 2009 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
  4. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: Sen. John Thune (R-SD) (L) delivers remarks during a news conference about health care reform with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) at the U.S. Capitol November 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  5. President Barack Obama waves as he exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
  6. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: Theresa Regan (2nd L), who lost her husband and FDNY firefighter Donald Regan at the South Tower of the World Trade Center during the 9/11 terrorists attacks, listens with her son Peter (L) and daughterJill (3rd L) during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee...
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  9. BEIJING - NOVEMBER 17: (L-R) US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintaoafter a joint press conference at the Great Hall of People on November 17, 2009 in Beijing, China.

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