Leftward

I've bought a couple of Ithaca M-37s but haven't figured out the rifle solution for the "leftward" son. ❋ Unknown (2008)

That sort of change, whether "leftward," "rightward," or in a direction that defies those classifications, is much more difficult and more worthwhile than anything mere politics can deliver. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Since it was his first year in the woods with a rifle, I ended up buying my "leftward" son an early 1970s era Browning BLR in .243 and told him to "shoot small" and he wouldn't need a second shot ... ❋ Unknown (2008)

I know that Huffington Post's readers skew leftward which is precisely why I wanted to post there. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Most of my more "leftward" friends don't ever talk about politics at all, nor do they get "excited" about their candidates. ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

That is, the Democratic platform has moved substantially "leftward" on economics. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If these differences in opinion persist, then we would expect that American Catholic opinion will shift leftward on attitudes toward social welfare. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

Mr. Frank's career has exemplified the leftward drift of the Democratic Party over the last half century. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Ever since the unemployment legislation was killed in the state house in April, McDonnell's team has been ready with their response, which is rooted in this fact: Despite its leftward trend in recent years, Virginia is still a moderate state that has gone to great lengths over the last decade to cultivate a pro-business environment. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But how about holding responsible the national level politicians who are pursuing an immigration policy that is pushing California leftward into economic mismanagement and ever growing government? ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the man who has occupied the Oval Office since January, 2009 is someone entirely different -- a man seemingly without a compass, a tactician who veers rightward one day and leftward the next, an inside-the Beltway dealmaker who doesn't explain his comprises in light of larger goals. ❋ Robert Reich (2011)

The most recent elections in NYC tilted the political balance even more leftward. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He was highlighted by Politico as part of the Post's "leftward online shift," and he's an MSNBC regular. ❋ RJ (2011)

And meanwhile, Daley thinks the country had moved substantially leftward over that period -- "after 30 years of center-right governing, we had moved to center left" -- but that even a compromise bill based on Republican ideas was too far left for the country, which would imply that the administration he served in the early-'90s, which pushed a more ambitious health-care bill when the country was further to the right, bordered on communist. ❋ Ezra Klein (2011)

I would hypothesize that the leftward movement of America in recent years is a direct result of the multibillion-dollar edifice of wingnut disinformation that inundates us today. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is certainly true that Ed Miliband has taken Labour leftward. ❋ Stephen Pollard (2011)

The point, you see, is not to discredit the president, but to discredit those that would pull him ever leftward on matters of national security. ❋ Jennifer Rubin (2011)