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George W. Bush Library Dedicated, GOP Pollster Rips Limbaugh, and More

A look at the day’s political happenings, including Barbara Bush’s surprising advice to son Jeb and Congress tries to fix air travel delays caused by the sequester.

Posted on Apr 25, 2013 READ MORE


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Some Signs of Life in the GOP?

At first glance, last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference looked like a hot mess. On closer inspection, it looked even worse.

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Is the Partisan Ice Breaking?

Just when our politics seemed destined to freeze into a brain-dead brand of partisanship, party lines started cracking up.

Posted on Mar 11, 2013 READ MORE


Jeb Bush Flip-Flop

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Christie Slams Congress, Krugman Debates Scarborough, and More

A look at the day’s political happenings, including a major development in the confirmation hearing of John Brennan and Jeb Bush flip-flops on immigration reform once more.

Posted on Mar 5, 2013 READ MORE



Jeb Bush Reverses Immigration Stance, Brian Williams ‘Disappointed’ With U.S., and More

A look at the day’s political happenings, including the White House weighing in on whether cellphones should be locked and Democratic lawmakers plan to introduce legislation to raise the minimum wage.

Posted on Mar 4, 2013 READ MORE



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Jeb Bush Throws In for Romney

It’s not exactly a bold or risky move at this point—more like he knows which way the wind blows—but former Florida governor and current Bush clan member Jeb Bush has pledged his support to Mitt Romney’s campaign for the presidency.

Posted on Mar 21, 2012 READ MORE  |  5 COMMENTS



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Desperate Fantasy: Can Jeb Bush Save the GOP?

What Florida voters once accepted (or ignored) might well horrify the national electorate today.

Posted on Feb 23, 2012 READ MORE  |  18 COMMENTS



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Jeb Bush’s Digital Drive Against Public Schools

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is leading the bipartisan push to digitize American education. In and out of office, he’s helped develop a national model that funnels taxpayer funds to private companies, sucker punches public employees and unions and sets him up for election as a champion of education reform.

Posted on Dec 10, 2011 READ MORE  |  13 COMMENTS


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‘Daily Show’: ‘Fox & Friends’ Says Don’t Blame Bush

According to the highly nonpartisan lineup of talking heads on “Fox & Friends,” the statute of limitations has officially passed for blaming the Bush administration for any stuff that’s hit the fan since W. left office.

Posted on Jun 30, 2010 READ MORE  |  8 COMMENTS


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O’Reilly: Palin Needs to Go to ‘Political College’

By the way that Bill O’Reilly talks about “the media” with George Stephanopoulos in this clip, you’d think he wasn’t a part of it. According to O’Reilly, “the media presents a distorted picture to Americans” about politics, “because they seize upon the loons on both the left and the right.” (continued)

Posted on Feb 25, 2010 READ MORE  |  10 COMMENTS


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Those Brand-New Humble Republicans

Hoping to re-brand their declining party, a group of prominent Republicans recently launched a national “listening tour,” presumably as an exercise in market research. They would like to know why voters—and especially younger voters—increasingly reject the GOP.

Posted on May 7, 2009 READ MORE  |  45 COMMENTS


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Extreme Makeover: Republican Edition

They may be drawing from the same ol’ value system—based on buzzwords like individualism, faith, “family values” and free market capitalism—but prominent members of the GOP, including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and House Republican Whip Eric Cantor, are looking to revamp their party’s image and regain political traction.

Posted on May 4, 2009 READ MORE  |  15 COMMENTS


Jeb Bush and his wife, Columba
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Jeb Bush Calls Immigration Debate ‘Hurtful’

The Florida governor calls the anti-immigration “chest pounding” of politicians hurtful to him and his Mexican-born wife, Columba. Hats off to Jeb for breaking ranks on this one.
Funny how it can take personal, familial experience for right-wingers to show some compassion on social issues. (See: Dick Cheney, father of a lesbian, breaking ranks with Bush on gay marriage.)

Posted on Apr 4, 2006 READ MORE  |  6 COMMENTS


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