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Obama learns from a Bush success

April 23rd, 2009
An interesting observation in David Broder’s column about Obama’s first 100 days. Whatever else you may say about Bush, he knew how to manage his schedule, and that’s one of the fundamental challenges of the Presidency. Obama inherited a much-improved scheduling system from the first MBA president, George W. Bush, with an electronic calendar, stretching [...]
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Karl Will “Name Names”

December 8th, 2008
Karl Rove vows to ‘name names’ of all the people who weren’t nice to Bush. The man widely credited with Bush's two presidential victories says his new book will include an accounting of those in Washington who never accepted the president as a legitimate commander-in-chief. "I've got behind-the-scenes episodes that are going to show how [...]
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Presidents (And Near-Presidents) Have Unoriginal Names

November 7th, 2008
Barack Obama and Joe Biden were both named after their fathers. John McCain was named after his father (who was named after his own father). George Bush was (obviously) named after his father. Even Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III.
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President Bush Is Clearly Not Brain Dead

September 12th, 2008
PolitiFact tracks the truth + lies that politicians tell. For instance, John McCain has racked up 6 “Pants on Fire” grade claims. Neither Barack Obama nor Sarah Palin have been that egregious (though Obama does have a number of “False” and “Barely True” claims). I was very curious to check out what Joe Biden’s two [...]
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