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The Real Value of a Bush Endorsement

Cartoonist Tom Toles on Mitt Romney's latest backer.

By Eric Randall

May 15, 2012

George W. Bush Can Haz Cat?

It's the second biggest George W. Bush endorsement of the day: The former president is now a cat person.

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By Dashiell Bennett

May 15, 2012

Maybe the only time Mitt Romney and George W. Bush have been seen together, at the Salt lake Olympics

George W. Bush's Elevator Pitch: 'I'm for Mitt Romney'

Mitt Romney received an endorsement from the other former President Bush — even if it was hastily delivered from behind the doors of a closing elevator.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Apr 30, 2012

That's Dan Rather's Story and He's Still Sticking to It

Dan Rather's new book (and accompanying media tour) is the perfect opportunity to lay it all out on the table and come clean about any and all regrets that he's had in his long career. But Rather regrets nothing.

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By John Hudson

Apr 30, 2012

Ex-CIA Interrogator: Obama's War on Terror Is Less Ethical Than Bush's

The former head of the CIA's Clandestine Service Jose Rodriguez says President Obama is waging the nation's war against radical Islam in a far more brutal manner than his predecessor President George W. Bush.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Apr 27, 2012

Osama bin Laden Is Still Most Wanted: As a Talking Point

Who was classier when bragging about taking out bad guys: George Bush or Barack Obama?

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By Elspeth Reeve

Apr 23, 2012

Obama Expands Executive Power for Good, Not Evil

Although Sen. Obama campaigned against George W. Bush's expansion of executive power in 2008, President Obama has studied Bush for ways to do just that as he battles House Republicans to pass economic legislation, The New York Times' Charlie Savage reports.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Apr 19, 2012

Romney Honors His Dad's Legacy By Being His Total Opposite

While Mitt Romney promised Thursday that "I'm not going to apologize for my dad's success" even as his campaign has worked to erase it from memory, portraying Romney's childhood as middle class despite little indulgences like a cook, a maid, and a laundress.

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By John Hudson

Apr 16, 2012

Dan Rather Will Not Go Away Quietly

Dan Rather still thinks he will be vindicated for his infamous story on President George W. Bush's Air National Guard Service but after reading a new epic re-investigation into the matter by Texas Monthly, it's difficult to see how that will ever happen.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 10, 2012

George W. Bush Knows His Name's a Policy Killer

Remember George W. Bush? No? Well, on Tuesday he appeared the New York Historical Society and said he wished the tax cuts he presided over were less associated with him, not because he'd had a change of heart about them but because he feared his moniker would be their death knell.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Apr 4, 2012

It's Global War on Terror Reunion Week

In some flea markets and T-shirt stores you occasionally see the image of George W. Bush above a caption that reads, "Miss me yet?"

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By Eric Randall

Mar 21, 2012

Suddenly George W. Bush is Invited to the Party

On Wednesday, political reporters jumped on Mitt Romney's statement that it was George W. Bush, not Barack Obama, who saved the economy in 2008. Why? Because Republican candidates usually do their best to avoid talk of the most recent two-term Republican president altogether.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 15, 2012

Could You Really Get Rid of Porn on the Internet?

Rick Santorum is the latest politician to promise to ban online porn, but is it possible?

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By Dino Grandoni

Mar 6, 2012

Another Bush Is Fretting Over the Republican Race

When you have two members of the Bush family publicly wringing their hands over the current Republican race, it's not the best sign that things are going as well as the GOP establishment would like.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 2, 2012

Ken Mehlman Apologizes for Anti-Gay Tone of 2004 Campaign

Ken Mehlman, who managed George W. Bush's 2004 reelection campaign, is explicitly apologizing to the people hurt by the anti-gay marriage tone of the campaign. It's not the first time he's walked back his party's rhetoric.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Feb 24, 2012

Remembering When the GOP Candidates Loved George W. Bush

Mitt Romney is tearing into Rick Santorum for voting with Republican President George W. Bush on spending increases and new government programs, while Santorum is trying to prove he was mostly independent from Bush. But there was a time, not too long ago, when both Romney and Santorum were absolutely delighted to be seen with Bush.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Feb 24, 2012

Romney Criticizes Santorum For Bush Spending, Consults Bush Advisors

Mitt Romney is attacking Rick Santorum for supporting George W. Bush's spending increases even as Romney relies on Bush economic adviser who are telling him to spend more money.

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By Dino Grandoni

Feb 1, 2012

Stat of the Day

Obama Has Given Three Times as Many Interviews as Bush

The president has granted 408 media interviews with journalists in his first three years in office, exactly three times as many as his predecesor, according to a study cited by The New York Times.

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By Eric Randall

Jan 12, 2012

George and Laura Bush Endorsed ... Jeb Bush for President

Laura Bush revealed Wednesday that she and her husband George W. Bush wanted the president's brother, former governor of Florida Jeb Bush, to run for president in 2012.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Jan 11, 2012

18% of New Hampshire Democrats Voted for Someone Other Than Obama

President Obama won the other primary in New Hampshire last night with 82 percent of the 47,000 votes -- a far lower percentage and turnout than Bill Clinton got in 1996. Does it spell doom -- a lack of Democratic enthusiasm, or support in the state?

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By Elspeth Reeve

Jan 3, 2012