George W. Bush is back. In positive territory, that is. Barely. Not since 2005, the folks at Gallup say, have more Americans held a positive view of the 43rd president than those who had a negative view. Not until now:...
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Former President George W. Bush shows three fingers for "W" as his wife and former first lady Laura Bush after the opening ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Center on April 25, 2013 in Dallas, Texas.
Bush is Back: Positive Polling
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U.S. Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey announces federal grand jury indictments for three British nationals during a news conference in this April 12, 2005 file photo in Washington, DC.
Obama’s FBI Nominee: Comey
President Barack Obama plans to nominate James B. Comey, a deputy attorney general under President George W. Bush, to become the next FBI director, according to two people briefed on the selection. Comey, 52, served as general counsel to Lockheed Martin Corp. and...
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President Barack Obama with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie after arriving at Joint Base McGuire-Dix in New Jersey on May 28, 2013. Obama is traveling to the New Jersey shore to view rebuilding efforts following last year's Hurricane Sandy.
Obama-Christie: Heckuva Job
Updated at 12:52 and 3:30 pm EDT, with Terrence Dopp reporting from Asbury Park Heckuva job. Remember that line? That was former President George W. Bush’s praise for then-FEMA director Michael D. Brown in the first few days after Hurricane...
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Republican strategist Karl Rove at the California Republican Party convention, in Sacramento, Calif., on March 2, 2013.
Karl Rove’s Scandal-Making Machinery
Of all the so-called scandals that have beset the Obama administration in recent months, the one that can truly be dubbed with the S-word is rolling on: Karl Rove, architect of George W. Bush’s presidential campaigns and fall-guy for the...
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President Barack Obama, left, and former President George W. Bush arrive at the opening ceremony of the George W. Bush Presidential Center on April 25, 2013 in Dallas, Texas.
Obama’s Second Term vs. Bush’s Second Term: Job Approval #s
That second term can be a real problem. On May 19, 2005, the Pew Research Center reported that then-President George W. Bush’s popularity was slipping: “Americans are critical of President Bush’s job performance in many policy areas, but negative opinions...
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George P. Bush
George P. Bush Raising Money for Texas’ ‘Donkey Whisperer’
George P. Bush, fourth generation of a family whose political lines have run through Connecticut, Texas and Florida, is coming to Washington to help raise money for “the Donkey Whisperer.” That’s first-term Texas Rep. Roger Williams, billing Bush as a...
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Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks during an interview at the annual Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California.
Al Gore is Romney-Rich
Ken Wells and Ari Levy report for Bloomberg News today: In 1999, Al Gore, then U.S. vice president and a Democratic candidate for president, sold $6,000 worth of cows. The former senator, who spent most of his working life in Congress, had...
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Former Florida governor Jeb Bush autographs his new book 'Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution' before speaking at the Reagan Library on March 8, 2013 in Simi Valley, California.
Jeb Bush’s ‘Best Kept Secret’
“The success of conservative principles is the best kept secret in American politics,” Jeb Bush writes. And it’s all a matter of communication, he says. If what the Republican Party has here is a failure to communicate, the former Florida...
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For $5, the party is peddling a bumper-sticker that does the trick.
‘Thanks W:’ Removable Party Sticker
The former president’s own emotion-choked conclusion is in replay now. The four other living past and present presidents have gone their ways. It’s time, the Republican Party suggests, to “thank W.” For $5, the party is peddling a bumper-sticker that...
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Former President George W. Bush and Alan Lowe, director of the George W. Bush Presidential Center arrive for a signing ceremony for the joint use agreement between the National Archive and the George W. Bush Presidential Center on the campus of Southern Methodist University on April 24, 2013 in Dallas, Texas.
George W. Bush Unplugged
George W. Bush hasn’t done much talking since leaving the White House. Tomorrow, with the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Texas, the former governor of the Lone Star state and two-term president is uncapping. Charlie Rose...
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