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Bush Memoir: Dick Cheney Nearly Got the Boot Before '04 Election

Nov 3, 2010 3:33 AM CDT

Bush Considered Dumping Cheney in '04

President 'wanted to show who was in charge,' he writes in 'Decision Points'

(Newser) - George Bush seriously considered ditching Dick Cheney for the 2004 election, he writes in his memoir, Decision Points. Cheney offered to step aside and Bush—seeking "to demonstrate I was in charge"—explored the possibility of replacing him with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist before deciding to ask...

Obama to
Congress:
'Let's Finish Job'
on Health Reform

Oct 10, 2009 8:23 AM CDT

Obama to Congress: 'Let's Finish Job' on Health Reform

Prez readies final push, noting bipartisan support

(Newser) - Citing a growing number of Republicans in his corner, President Obama is readying a final push on health care, declaring reform to be "in its final days." The president in his radio address today pushed lawmakers to act on an emerging plan that "includes the best ideas...

Schwarzenegger
Latest in GOP
to Back Reform

Oct 6, 2009 2:12 PM CDT

Schwarzenegger Latest in GOP to Back Reform

Calls for health bill this year in opposition to congressional GOP's wish for do-over

(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger today became the highest-ranking elected Republican to back President Obama's push for health care reform. California's governor urged lawmakers "on both sides of the political aisle at the national level to move forward." He spoke after New York City's Mike Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-independent, also endorsed reform....

I'd Vote for Health Bill: Frist

Oct 2, 2009 6:14 PM CDT

I'd Vote for Health Bill: Frist

Obama's reforms are a step in the right direction, former Senate majority leader says

(Newser) - Health care reform legislation has the unexpected support of a prominent physician: former Senate Republican leader Bill Frist. If he were still in politics, “I would end up voting for it," Frist said. The surgeon also blamed some Republicans for not engaging seriously in the health care debate:...

Frist Declines Run for Tenn. Governor

Jan 5, 2009 9:58 AM CST

Frist Declines Run for Tenn. Governor

Ex-majority leader says he'll sit out 2010 race, focus on health care

(Newser) - Bill Frist was widely considered the Republican to beat in Tennessee’s 2010 gubernatorial election, but yesterday the former Senate majority leader announced that he wouldn’t even be in the running. “I have decided to remain a private citizen for the foreseeable future,” said Frist, who likewise...

McGraw May Run
for Tenn. Guv

Dec 11, 2008 4:40 PM CST

McGraw May Run for Tenn. Guv

State's Democrats desperate to find challenger for Frist

(Newser) - Gov. Tim McGraw? The country star is “seriously considering” a run for the post in Tennessee in 2010, Clay Risen writes in a New Republic blog post. Risen notes that Democrats are trying to find a high-profile candidate to run against the all-but-certain Republican entry, Bill Frist. A McGraw...

It Wasn’t
Fred's Truck

Sep 18, 2007 12:40 PM CDT

It Wasn’t Fred's Truck

Legend of Thompson as scrappy, itinerant candidate may be just that

(Newser) - Banish the legend of Fred Thompson as the down-home, Chevvy-driving election slayer, says a journalist who covered Thompson's 1994 Tennessee Senate race. Much is made of his come-from-behind victory over Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper, who led by 21 points nine months before Voting Day. But it's bogus, says Politico’...

Frist Heads World Bank Shortlist

May 24, 2007 6:10 AM CDT

Frist Heads World Bank Shortlist

Bush determined to replace Wolfowitz with American

(Newser) - The White House is eying former Senate majority leader Bill Frist to take the World Bank presidency soon to be vacated by Paul Wolfowitz, the Wall Street Journal reports. Also getting a look are Treasury No. 2 Robert Kimmitt, onetime trade representative Robert Zoellick, and Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker,...