Bob Dole

Goodnight, Vietnam: Tuesday Night Will Finally Put to Rest the Ghost of a War that Ended 35 Years Ago

Daniel Sinker | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

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Daniel Sinker

With Obama, it's not possible to fight the Vietnam war all over again. It's simply not his war.

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Looking Backward-McCain Style

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

By alluding to incidents that happened almost 40 years ago and making charges that would have made Joe McCarthy proud, McCain supporters are, almost literally, fighting the last (Cold) war.

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Daschle for Chief of Staff?

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

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Glenn Hurowitz

Obama's got to ask himself as he considers Daschle for Chief of Staff -- does he want change and success or hypocrisy, capitulation and defeat?

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Rudy Giuliani in Lipstick

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

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Barry Yourgrau

Palin's tone was so negative, divisive, bullying and demeaning, it befits an ugly high school student council election. Reese Witherspoon crossed with Bob Dole?

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Putting The "O" In GOP -- Will Republicans Nominate Their Oldest Ticket Ever?

Mark Nickolas | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

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Mark Nickolas

If McCain opts for either Lieberman or Ridge, they'll hold the all-time GOP record for oldest presidential ticket.

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Go Team! 5 Ways The Democrats Can Lose The Un-Loseable Election

Tony Sachs | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

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Tony Sachs

The odds may be against us, but with a little luck and a lot of good old-fashioned stupidity, we can get to the promised land of failure once again.

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Sam Stein

Obama Takes Cues From Bill Clinton In Handling McCain's Age

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

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They have been the preferred adjectives for the Obama campaign when going after its opponent. Following a John McCain misstatement, policy shift, or h...

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The McCain/Bush Effect on Red States

Paul Jenkins | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

By nominating McCain, GOP voters thought they got the best of both worlds: an elder statesman and a maverick. Instead, they got Bob Dole, just older and even more disliked by conservatives.

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Is John McCain Another Bob Dole? NYT Says No

New York Times | Posted 06.22.2008 | Politics

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They are war heroes with the injuries to show for it. They are known for hurricane tempers and caustic wit. They are among the oldest men to seek the ...

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John McCain: The Second Coming of Bob Dole

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

We once again have a Republican nominee who is a war hero, personable and engaging, with a long Senate career, who is so out of sync with the times that his campaign feels stillborn. It's Doleja vu all over again.

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Bill Clinton's Failed Television Career

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 06.08.2008 | Media

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Carol Felsenthal

Just two years out of the White House, Clinton was still struggling to find his place; Don Hewitt hoped that TV face-off starring Bill would become so popular that it would be parodied on SNL.

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Russert Watch 6-1-08: In Which Tim Baits Hooks, McClellan Wriggles, and Big Fish Swim Away

Todd Gitlin | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media

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Todd Gitlin

If Meet the Press had been doing its job, McClellan's "scathing new book" would not look like the revelation that McClellan himself and his interlocutors everywhere believe it to be.

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Bob Dole Tells McClellan: You're A "Miserable Creature...Spurred On By Greed"

Politico | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

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Bob Dole yesterday sent a scalding email to Scott McClellan, excoriating the former White House spokesman as a "miserable creature" who greedily betra...

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Some Free Political Advice from Bob Dole

Al Eisele | Posted 05.27.2008 | Home

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Al Eisele

Bob Dole, who knows something about winning -- and losing -- presidential elections, has two pieces of free advice for the 2008 White House hopefuls.

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Thou Shalt Not...Charlton Heston Dead at 83

Steve Clemons | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

When I asked Mr. Heston if he would like to attend President Nixon's funeral, his response was: "In what capacity?"

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Rev. Wright's Not That Wrong

Dennis Perrin | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

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Dennis Perrin

Jeremiah Wright's supposedly inflammatory statements about 9/11 and the ongoing specter of racism are uncontroversial to those following the real world.

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Obama's Rejection Of Pastor Unfortunate

Denise Clapsaddle | Posted 03.14.2008 | Home

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Denise Clapsaddle

As a pastor in the same denomination as Jeremiah Wright, I think it's too bad that political expediency demands Obama reject his pastor.

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The Democratic Party's Clintonian Rules

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

The Democratic Party has structured its system in a way that thwarts insurgency, promotes secrecy, and creates the need for vast amounts of money. The process is perfectly Clintonian,

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Bob Dole Admits John McCain Has A Temper

CNN | Rebecca Sinderbrand | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

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Former Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole said Wednesday night that current White House hopeful John McCain has a temper -- but added the Ariz...

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Poetic Justice: Limbaugh Tries to Tear the GOP Apart

Eric Boehlert | Posted 02.12.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

I wonder how John McCain and the Republican Party minions enjoy following behind Rush Limbaugh's broadcast each weekday with a bucket and shovel, cleaning up the mess spread all over the floor.

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Reading The Pictures: McCain's Deathly Bling

Michael Shaw | Posted 02.06.2008 | Media

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Michael Shaw

2008-02-06-20080206McCPhoTIME350_fp.jpgWhat is it going to take -- both for the media, and the larger public -- not to automatically turn into sheep whenever and however anyone invokes the name of "the troops?"

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Jason Linkins

GOPocalypse Now! Limbaugh Ups The Ante In Con Catfight

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics

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Super Tuesday is turning into a full-tilt meltdown among Republican elites who are losing their collective mind at John McCain, his upward-trending ca...

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Jason Linkins

GOP Indulges In A Super Tuesday Slapfight

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics

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Fissures between Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and John McCain continue to widen by the hour, mainly because Mitt Romney has totally de...

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Liveblog! GOP Square-Off In South Carolina — Including Ron Paul!

J. Neffinger, G. MacNicol, D. Shea and R. Sklar | Posted 01.10.2008 | Media

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J. Neffinger, G. MacNicol, D. Shea and R. Sklar

Welcome to South Carolina, where all the candidates have their best game faces on. It must be the fact that they had a day to get some sleep — they are all better, sharper, and more relaxed than they have seemed in, well, days. In campaign time, that's like a week in Cabo.

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Thomas B. Edsall

The Huckabee Revolution: Evangelicals At The GOP Gate

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 12.21.2007 | Politics

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Mike Huckabee's insurrectionist presidential campaign is defying the determination of the Republican establishment to restrict the selection of the pa...

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