[Southack]

"Nonetheless, for two years Jim Jeffords and a Democratic-led coalition have blocked the Bush initiative. Many Democrats have in the past backed cap-and-trade reforms, but they don't want to allow Bush a victory. This has had several bad effects. The administration has tried to enact the reforms by administrative fiat, which means litigation and delay. More important, it means that there is no discussion or compromise on some remaining points of dispute."

Since when does the NY Times permit overt criticism of Democrats in its articles??

[neverdem]

Since when does the NY Times permit overt criticism of Democrats in its articles??

For quite a while, at least since Bill Safire started writing for them. I believe Safire's immediate employer before the Times was Tricky Dick. He was a Nixon speechwriter. Brooks went onboard in the aftermath of the Jayson Blair affair. As for the rest of their regular OpEd columnists, Mo Dowd could be scathingly funny when she wrote about Clinton during the Lewinsky affair.