sfgate.com - 11/14/2008
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That's what Bush's moves this week are clearly about: dividing - not uniting. The New York Times reported that during his first meeting with President-elect Barack Obama, the outgoing president suggested he might support Democrats' economic stimulus package and aid to struggling automakers if ...
mediamatters.org - 11/21/2008
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mediamatters.org —
In anticipation of the new administration, Beltway media
insiders are busy laying the groundwork for how reporters...
and pundits will treat the new team on Pennsylvania Avenue. "Once a president takes office ... an adversarial relationship ...
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Boehlert: Covering new presidents: the media's double ...
blogs.tnr.com - 11/10/2008
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blogs.tnr.com —
You hear lots of talk about which former
president Barack Obama should use as a model. Bill...
Clinton comes up regularly. Franklin Roosevelt, too. But what about the guy in the White House now? I know, President Bush’s approval ratings are hovering ...
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Why Obama Should Copy Bush (Really!)
nationaljournal.com - 11/9/2008
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nationaljournal.com —
It detracts nothing from Barack Obama's achievement to
note that his historic electoral success rests atop the...
epic political failure of George W. Bush. If Obama is shrewd enough, there's a lesson for the new president in the failure of the old one. ...
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National Journal Magazine - Bush's Failing Final Grade
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David Sirota: Bush's Last Gamble
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... It seemed, at first glance, strange - really strange. Why would President Bush make a massive economic stimulus package and aid to automakers contingent on Democratic support for a relatively tiny trade deal with a Latin American nation that has one of the worst human rights records in the world? Why would our gambling president, who always bets big, ask for something so seemingly small? Those are the questions I examine in my new syndicated newspaper column this week, and the answer is pretty clear: He's looking both to cement the NAFTA trade model, and tear apart the ...
It's a Trick - Get An Axe
Open Left - Front Page —
... Case in point is what happened this past week. It seemed, at first glance, strange - really strange. Why would President Bush make a massive economic stimulus package and aid to automakers contingent on Democratic support for a relatively tiny trade deal with a Latin American nation that has one of the worst human rights records in the world? Why would our gambling president, who always bets big, ask for something so seemingly small? Those are the questions I examine in my new syndicated newspaper column this week, and the answer is pretty clear: It's a trick...time to get an ...
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Obama should be like Bush
the-reaction.blogspot.com 11/10/2008 — By Michael J.W. Stickings At least according to TNR's Jonathan Cohn. Cohn argues that has actually accomplished a great deal as president, from overhauling the tax code to reforming education to gutting the regulatory state to rewriting ...
Bush-Obama handoff: Legacy material
swamppolitics.com 11/10/2008 — by Mark Silva
It's almost certain that the handoff of the White House from President George W. Bush to President-elect Barack Obama will pass more smoothly than the greeting that Bush's new crew faced in 2001.
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Rehabilitating Bush
chicagoboyz.net 11/11/2008 — Let the rehabilitation of Bush begin! For the past 8 years, the most strident and hysterical leftist criticism of Bush has centered on his intelligence policies which leftist assured us arose purely out of a callous disregard for civil liberties and ...
No we can't
lefarkins.blogspot.com 11/18/2008 — This story , indicating that the Obama administration is bailing on the idea even investigating whether criminal charges ought to be brought against Bush administration officials who committed war crimes such as torture, is very discouraging. From the ...
Just Facts: Exposing the Media’s Election-Year Economic Games
newsbusters.org 10/19/2008 — Writing at JustFacts.org , James Agresti has a fascinating article documenting how the media spin the economy during Democratic and Republican administrations and during election years. “With another presidential election upon us and a Republican in ...
Bush's Memoir: Publishers Say No Thanks
huffingtonpost.com 11/6/2008 — NEW YORK — In less than three months, President-elect Barack Obama will take office and the Bush administration will belong to history. With the president reportedly interested in writing about his White House years, publishers have a ...
Walk This Way...
corner.nationalreview.com 10/30/2008 — Aerosmith's Joe Perry endorses McCain.
Congress has fast-track power to kill Bush rules —
msnbc.com: Politics 11/14/2008
President-elect Barack Obama will have limited authority to overturn federal regulations approved in the waning months of the Bush administration. But a little-used power offers the new Democratic Congress an early test of how aggressively lawmakers ...