Vice President George H. W. Bush confided in Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that he believed Ronald Reagan was an “extreme conservative” supported by “blockheads and dummies,” the former Soviet leader claims. “In 1987, after my first visit to the
Teel Bivins, a Panhandle cattleman, businessman and former state senator whose loyalty to George W. Bush led to his appointment as the U.S. ambassador to Sweden, died Monday at his Amarillo home, a family spokeswoman said. Sharon Miner said Bivins
Obama’s big change: He moves America to the Right – Washington ExaminerIt’s not that [...]
WASHINGTON (CNN) A one-time aide to former President George W. Bush took aim Sunday at recent comments by White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel that questioned the Bush administration’s conduct of the war in Afghanistan. Last Sunday on CNN’s
Multiple anonymous sources (quite a day for anonymous sources, eh?), are telling the Huffington Post that Harry Reid is only one or two votes shy of reaching cloture on health care bill with some sort of opt-out public option: Senate Majority Leader
The Tide Is Turning on Healthcare Reform – NationPeter Dreier : If [...]
Some years ago, two people lived in our neighborhood who were really “positive.” Their “positive” approach to life gave them confidence and the belief that they were great people who did the right things the right way for the right reasons, and they
Anti-war activist to speak in Brunswick County – The Sun NewsASH, [...]
KABUL — A roadside bomb killed four American troops in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. said Friday, as a U.N.-backed panel finished most of its investigation into whether the level of fraud in the August presidential election would force a runoff
N.J. governor race candidates avoid personal attacks, hit issues in TV – [...]
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has ordered a review of a little-known Bush administration policy requiring some defendants to waive their right to DNA testing even though that right is guaranteed in a landmark federal law, officials said. The
Racism label getting old – Lompoc RecordI just don’t get it. I happened across [...]
Reporting from Denver – Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Thursday that only 17 of 77 oil and gas leases on Utah public lands that the Bush administration auctioned off in December are valid and that his agency will prevent development on the
Bush tells ministries audience he misses being commander [...]
WASHINGTON – Thomas E. Perez, the Maryland lawyer selected by President Barack Obama for the administration’s most important civil rights post, easily won Senate confirmation Tuesday afternoon after months of delay. On a bipartisan tally of 72-22
U.S., Europe may expand sanctions on Iran – Washington TimesPARIS | The United States and its biggest [...]
WASHINGTON – Eight months into office, President Barack Obama is moving far more slowly than his predecessor to fill federal court vacancies, leaving liberals waiting for the judiciary to tilt to the left. The appointments are especially important
INSIDE WASHINGTON: Obama slower than Bush to nominate judges who could – Minneapolis Star [...]