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Bush Lags Behind Clinton, Ike, Reagan, LBJ Among Second-Term Presidents in Polls
Opinion
- January 7, 2009
George W. Bush's approval ratings currently hover below 30 percent, among the lowest ever measured.
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Cheney, 9/11, and His Nutty Visions of Presidential Power
By Robert Schlesinger -
Robert Schlesinger
- December 22, 2008
Does the vice president have any credibility? No.
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Forget Shoes and Bush: 5 Incidents When Presidents Embarrassed Themselves Abroad
Opinion
- December 19, 2008
Forget flying shoes. Here are 5 times when presidents really looked bad.
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Barack Obama Faces False Choices
By John Aloysius Farrell -
John A. Farrell
- November 10, 2008
Forget left vs. right, Main Street vs. Wall Street--President-elect Obama should try bold, persistent experimentation.
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Europeans Cheer Obama Now but May Complain Later On
By Thomas K. Grose -
Nation & World
- November 7, 2008
He's seen as better than Bush, but not all disputes will just fade away.
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Public Opinion: Will Barack Obama or John McCain Win the Presidency?
Opinion
- October 31, 2008
Who will win on Tuesday?
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A Gut-Check Warning for the Next President
By Kenneth T. Walsh -
Nation & World
- October 30, 2008
Former White House advisers say it is hard to predict how a new president will respond under pressure.
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George W. Bush and Bill Clinton: the Ghosts of the Presidential Election
By Kenneth T. Walsh -
Nation & World
- October 29, 2008
These two largely absent figures will be haunting the campaign for the White House in the coming days.
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Juan Enriquez : 10 Proposals for the Next President
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- October 29, 2008
At Pop! Tech, the biotech investor outlines some priorities for 2009.
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Paul Begala: A Democratic Congress and President Barack Obama Would Benefit the United States
By Paul Begala -
Opinion
- October 27, 2008
Blame the Republican Party for the nation's recent ills, Democratic strategist Paul Begala writes.
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Tom DeLay: The United States Needs a President McCain to Check Democrat Big Government
By Tom DeLay -
Opinion
- October 27, 2008
Without President McCain, nothing would stop Democrat taxing and spending, Tom DeLay writes.
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McCain and Obama: The Pluses and Minuses
By Kenneth T. Walsh -
Nation & World
- October 17, 2008
Looking at the leadership style of the next president.
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Petraeus for President? Betting Market Alert!
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- October 15, 2008
The general may have his eye on the Oval Office.
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What it Takes to Be President
Science
- October 13, 2008
A man with more than 30 years of experience in Congress or one with about six?
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5 Lowest Job Approval Ratings for U.S. Presidents*
Opinion
- October 3, 2008
How does Bush's new low of 27 percent stack up against other U.S. presidents?
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Wall Street, the Great Depression, Hoover, Roosevelt, and the Unintended Consequences of Presidential Action
By Amity Shlaes -
Opinion
- October 2, 2008
Hoover and FDR acted, writes Amity Shlaes, but not always for the better.
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Obama and McCain Must Reach Out to Opposition
By Kenneth T. Walsh -
Nation & World
- September 16, 2008
White House chiefs of staff emphasize governing over partisanship for the future president.
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5 Youngest U.S. Presidents
Opinion
- September 15, 2008
Roosevelt was the youngest at 42; Barack Obama is 47.
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5 Inexperienced U.S. Presidents
Opinion
- September 12, 2008
Many candidates have had little elected experience prior to becoming president.
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5 Most Common Religious Affiliations of U.S. Presidents
Opinion
- August 29, 2008
Ten were Episcopalian like John McCain, while Obama's United Church of Christ didn't make the top five.
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In Praise of Moderate Presidents
By Johannah Cornblatt -
Nation & World
- July 14, 2008
Historian Gil Troy talks about the promise of centrism in the 2008 presidential election.
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Congress and the Next President Should Repeal the War Powers Act
By Michael Barone -
Michael Barone
- July 10, 2008
The National War Powers Commission calls for getting rid of the act.
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Clearing Up a President's War-Making Powers
By Thomas Omestad -
Nation & World
- July 9, 2008
A high-profile panel calls for better rules for a president and Congress before a military conflict.
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Report Backs Expansion of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
Nation & World
- July 7, 2008
Pre-Iraq, Bush largely ignored a group that could have raised questions about intelligence problems.
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