George W. Bush

...to separate himself from GOP entanglements. He was a longtime buddy and business partner of former President George W. Bush, who appointed Schieffer ambassador to Australia and Japan. Schieffer won over some Democratic officials but...

In this article: GOP, Houston, Texas, Business partner, Rick Perry, and Kay Bailey Hutchison

...are in danger of misreading results of last week's elections, Zelizer says He says GOP made similar mistakes during Reagan, Clinton, Bush eras GOP victors in Virginia and New Jersey didn't campaign on national issues, he says

In this article: GOP, Newt Gingrich, Bill Clinton, Michael Steele, New Jersey, and Social Security

Obama campaigned on promises to fight global warming, a sharp reversal from his predecessor George W. Bush who disputed evidence on climate change until late in his presidency and called the Kyoto Protocol unfair to rich countries. But...

In this article: Barack Obama, Copenhagen, Climate change, Kyoto Protocol, White House, John Kerry, Global warming, Carbon, and European Union

...the Constitution and our founding principles as the basis of limited government. George W. Bush and the Republican-led Congresses of Tom DeLay and J. Dennis Hastert neglected the Constitution, and set back the conservative movement...

In this article: Limited government, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, HarperCollins, Seth Lipsky, J. Dennis Hastert, and Tom DeLay

...and government contracts ??? and the federal bailout that Republican presidential candidate John McCain voted for and President George W. Bush signed. Palin's views on bailouts appeared to evolve as McCain's vice presidential running mate. In...

In this article: Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Alaska, Recession, Republican Party, Ronald Reagan, Punitive damages, TransCanada Corp., John McCain, and Natural gas

...recession since the 1930s. Republicans "gave this president an economy falling off the cliff," Geithner told Rep. Kevin Brady of The Woodlands as the two interrupted each other during a hearing Thursday. "I can't take responsibility for...

In this article: Timothy Geithner, Kevin Brady, Recession, American International Group, TARP, Joint Economic Committee, GOP, and Maurice Hinchey

...with political moderation. She helped lead a silent protest of a speech by openly gay U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe at the 2000 GOP convention, a slap at GOP presidential nominee George W. Bush's move toward inclusiveness. McCain policies 'awful'

In this article: Kay Bailey Hutchison, GOP, John McCain, Rick Perry, Conservatism, Global warming, and U.S. senator

...article that is potentially negative about the GOP. The GOP is incapable - like George W. Bush - of admitting mistakes and taking responsibility for its and its candidates' actions. For a group of people who thump their chests about how...

In this article: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Ideology, CNN, Tax, Nancy Pelosi, and John McCain

...but we were told incessantly that he couldn't win. The Republicans had to find a non-scary candidate who could appeal to intellectuals and moderates, like Bush or Ford or John Anderson. Oddly, he won quite convincingly. After he won he was...

In this article: Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Republican Party, Ronald Reagan, Limited government, Mitt Romney, John McCain, and Katie Couric