Bush To Maintain Current Troop Levels In Iraq Through 2008
WASHINGTON — President Bush announced Tuesday that he will keep the U.S. force strength in Iraq largely intact until the next president takes ov...
WASHINGTON — President Bush announced Tuesday that he will keep the U.S. force strength in Iraq largely intact until the next president takes ov...
Jeff Danziger | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics
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Jerry Weinstein | Posted 09.08.2008 | Home
Click for News, Photos and all the links to major press coverage of the Republican Convention and for the Democratic reaction. This past week could ha...
Dan Kovalik | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics
Just as the U.S. supported the governments of El Salvador and Guatemala during the 1980's, the White House is preparing to roll out the red carpet for Latin America's latest death squad President.
Hal Donahue | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics
From the minute John McCain first implied that Barack Obama would rather lose a war and win an election, John McCain compromised all that was strong and good in his resume.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics
Sarah Palin has already singlehandedly introduced several terms into our political lexicon. "Hockey mom" is probably the most recognizable of these. ...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 09.04.2008 | Media
Fox News said today it had obtained an advance copy of Bob Woodward's new book on President Bush and quickly spilled some of the beans.
Larry Beinhart | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics
"Chamberlain's deal with Hitler has become shorthand for naive, weak leadership." Newsweek, June 23, 2008 It was George Bush who raised the specte...
Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics
Obama understands that we live in a complicated, nuanced world, one in which cowboy-style "straight talk" does little but earn us dismissive laughs from friends and enemies overseas.
Deanne Stillman | Posted 09.03.2008 | Politics
"Fellow citizens," George Bush said last night, "if the Hanoi Hilton could not break John McCain's resolve to do what is best for his country, you can...
Patrick Barry | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics
Last night at the RNC, President Bush argued that John McCain is ready to lead America in the 21st century, in part because he "understands the lesson...
Dan Kovalik | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics
While the media and blogosphere have been preoccupied with the maternity issues surrounding Sarah Palin's family, a much more important news developme...
Paul Peete | Posted 09.01.2008 | Home
The Republicans have had their share of problems this week: their convention opening was delayed by Hurricane Gustav, Congressmen were avoiding St. Pa...
Richard Walden | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics
It's really too bad that Hurricanes Gustav and Hannah are striking before all of the helpful structural changes the Red Cross says it is making are firmly in place.
Politico | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics
The looming threat of Hurricane Gustav forced President Bush to cancel his planned valedictory address before the GOP national convention Monday night...
Chris Weigant | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics
I know that just about the entire blogosphere is talking about John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin (who?) for his running mate, but I, for one, refuse t...
Patt Morrison | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics
I have been thinking hard about what I can cherish and treasure from the Bush White House years, one simple thing I have to be thankful to Dubya for, and I have found it.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 08.28.2008 | Media
He describes Bush as feeling he needs McCain to win to validate his legacy, while McCain finds himself "saddled" with Bush baggage.
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 08.26.2008 | Business
The new tool to crush the opposition is funded by a new menace, that of capitalism built on a phenomenal wealth in commodities and oil.
John Tepper Marlin | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics
David Nather filed an objection today in Beyond the Dome, CQ to Barack Obama supporters' citing CQ data on John McCain's voting last year with Bush 95...
Tom D'Antoni | Posted 08.22.2008 | Politics
On June 16, 2001, with Vladimir Putin at his side, George Bush said of the Russian President, "I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very str...
Robert Koehler | Posted 08.21.2008 | Politics
Bad bear! Within the false outrage coursing through much of mainstream politics and the media, there is a grudging reverence for the brutality of th...
Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.21.2008 | Media
On the air I want the sort of Viagra-fueled maniacs conservatives have on the front lines, not a bunch of impotent lefties who couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag.
Richard Walden | Posted 08.21.2008 | Living
Political contributions are discretionary but come from the same pool of funds which are the lifeblood charities and other nonprofits depend upon to provide vital services to our communities.
Derek Shearer | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics
The good news is that Russia is no longer governed by an expansionist ideology, and in fact, it is not a strong country, but still a weak one -- the country's economy is a one trick pony.
If you think people laugh at your skiing skills then think again. A man was a...
The Anchorage Daily News reports that Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin's...
Rep. John Conyers has written a letter to Democratic colleagues urging them to join...
As January 20 grows larger in the window, I've been thinking more often about the...
I want to play poker with Harry Reid. Really I do. Rather than call for a...
America is in shock. It is not because of the unusual sight of the first black...
Are nude animal rights protests old hat? We got word of a...
Rachel Maddow appeared on "The Daily...
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Patrick Swayze, who has been battling pancreatic cancer for a year, sat down with Barbara Walters for...
An article in next month's Atlantic asks, "Is porn...
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The Internet is awash with rumors over the cause of the tragic death of actor John Travolta's...
AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics