Thursday, January 8, 2009

Jimmy Carter

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The Barack Obama Honeymoon Will Be Short

Bush, Clinton, Carter, and other ex-presidents can testify how quickly grace periods end. more >>

Obama's Team Cites Bush Cooperation With the Transition

The White House plans for a Bush-Obama meeting with all three living ex-presidents on January 7. more >>

5 Lowest Job Approval Ratings for U.S. Presidents*

How does Bush's new low of 27 percent stack up against other U.S. presidents? more >>

A History of Beltway Reformers: Sarah Palin, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan

Jimmy Carter didn't "mingle with the right people," but Ronald Reagan did. more >>

A Carter Speechwriter Offers Advice to Barack Obama

The Democratic nominee needs to make the connection between his values and his policies. more >>

Past and Present: 'Malaise' and the Energy Crisis

Jimmy Carter's speech is remembered for something he never said—we should recall what he did say. more >>

Obama Vs. Carter Vs. Mondale

On economics, Democratic campaign themes haven't changed much since 1980. more >>

Ex-Presidents With Something to Say

McClellan isn't the only one speaking out of school. more >>

Poet James Dickey on Carter and the Born-Again South

"A thrust provided by Southern ascendancy." more >>

News Buzz: Pennsylvanians Head to Polls, Condoleezza Rice on Jimmy Carter's Hamas Visit, and More

Today—six weeks after it all began—the polls are open and Pennsylvania voters finally get a chance to choose between the two bickering Democratic candidates. Hillary Clinton was the early favorite in the Keystone State, but since the campaigning in Pennsylvania, polls show Barack Obama has chiseled into her lead. more >>

News Buzz: Clinton, Obama Make Last Pitches in Pennsylvania, Jimmy Carter on Hamas, and more

Today Pennsylvania will get another heavy dose of presidential politics as the Clintons—Hillary, Bill, and Chelsea—and Barack Obama and his surrogates crisscross the Keystone State one last time before tomorrow's primary. Hillary Clinton and her family will have separate campaign stops and then join up in Philadelphia. more >>

Jewish Voters Still Have Questions About Obama

Jewish voters still are unsure of the presidential candidate. more >>

The Damage of Jimmy Carter

Carter's Hamas meeting legitimizes terrorism. more >>

Green, Not Sacrifice, Is the Political Word

Today's elected officials eschew sweaters and accentuate the positive. more >>

Barack Hussein Reagan? Ronald Wilson Obama?

Just what kind of president might the apparent Democratic front-runner turn out to be? more >>

Ronald Reagan v. Jimmy Carter: "Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?"

President Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan debated just once in the contest of 1980. more >>

Gerald Ford v. Jimmy Carter: "There is No Soviet Domination of Eastern Europe"

"There is no Soviet domination of eastern Europe, and there never will be under a Ford administration." more >>

Duty Calls, Spoiling Carter's Hunt

Here's proof that former President Jimmy Carter takes his retirement job as an election observer very seriously. Breaking with a 12-year tradition of joining former White House Press Secretary Jody Powell on a late November hunting trip on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the ex-prez and others with his Carter Center international election observation mission will be traveling to Nepal for the November 22 elections. more >>

Jimmy Carter Spends An Hour With Emory Paper, Defending Himself, New Book

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