nytimes.com - 11/2/2008
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As the world knows, America will elect a new president on Tuesday. Barring unforeseen electoral circumstances, this is George W. Bush's last Sunday to hold the presidential stage to himself. The Op-Ed editors asked six writers to reflect on what they have most admired about him. Loyal to a Fault ...
gallup.com - 11/10/2008
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gallup.com —
PRINCETON, NJ -- Monday's White House meeting between
President George W. Bush and President-elect Barack Obama presents...
a remarkable contrast between one of the least popular two-term presidents in modern times at the close of his administration, and ...
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Obama and Bush: A Contrast in Popularity
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!)
nytimes.com - 11/3/2008
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nytimes.com —
AS economists and policy advisers try to sort
out where we are, how we got here and...
where we must go for both the short term and the longer term, we are surrounded by polarizing dichotomies: Fiscal recklessness versus fiscal rectitude; capital versus ...
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Op-Ed Contributors - No More Economic False Choices
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Op-Ed Titles That Make JP Want to Chug Ipecac and Tobacco Juice and Purge Everything He's Ever Eaten Since 1959
Brilliant at Breakfast —
... The title alone in today's liberal NY Times says it all: What I Will Miss About President Bush, by Robert Draper, Ari Fleischer, Curtis Sittenfeld, Jacob Weiberg, Scott McClellan and Paul Burka. ...
Op-Ed Titles That Make JP Want to Chug Ipecac and Tobacco Juice and Purge Everthing He's Ever Eaten Since 1959
Brilliant at Breakfast —
... The title alone in today's liberal NY Times says it all: What I Will Miss About President Bush, by Robert Draper, Ari Fleischer, Curtis Sittenfeld, Jacob Weiberg, Scott McClellan and Paul Burka. ...
Dr. J.'s Commentary: What Certain Folks Will Miss About George Bush
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
On the Op-Ed pages of The New York Times of November 2, 2008, six contributors were asked to respond to the question " What Will I Miss About President Bush ". As The Times said, "The Op-Ed editors asked six writers to reflect on what they have most admired about him." The comments were thus generally encomiums of one sort or another. Although I hate, just hate, bringing facts into situations such as this, especially when it involves right-wingers, who are so sensitive to the introduction of facts into any discussion, I thought that a few comments on the factual side might be in ...
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CNN Political Ticker 11/2/2008
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