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July 2008
- Bush Will Lift Ban on Offshore Drilling
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 14, 08 10:24 AM CDT
  
  President Bush is about to lift the ban on offshore drilling that's stood since his father was in office, White House press secretary Dana Perino announced today. The move will be meaningless unless Congress follows suit, the AP reports. Two bans on the practice are in place: an executive order signed by Bush 41 and a law enacted by Congress. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Bush administration • George H. W. Bush • oil drilling • offshore oil • oil exploration • executive order
- US Weighs Faster Iraq Withdrawal
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 13, 08 7:29 AM CDT
  
  US officials in Washington and Baghdad may pull as many as three brigades from Iraq by the time George Bush leaves office, the New York Times reports. The move, driven in part by a need to bolster the American presence in Afghanistan, could remove far more troops than seemed likely just months ago, and would mark a major shift in policy from the past few years. More »
  
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  Iraq • John McCain • George W. Bush • Iraq war • Afghanistan • US military • troop withdrawal • Iraq pullout
- Senate OKs Foreclosure Relief Bill
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 11, 08 8:35 PM CDT
  
  By a huge margin, the Senate today passed a $300 billion bill to help homeowners avoid foreclosure—but the White House vows to veto it unless the House makes changes, the AP reports. The bill will let struggling homeowners reinsure at cheaper rates backed by the government, but President President Bush says that nearly $4 billion in the bill, slated to fix up foreclosed homes, benefits lenders, not owners. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Senate • House of Representatives • mortgage crisis • Federal Housing Administration • Bush veto
- Rove: Obama Copying My Strategy, With Nod to Nixon
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 10, 08 11:53 AM CDT
  
  For all Barack Obama's shots at the Bush Administration, the Democrat's campaign "has cribbed an awful lot from the Bush-Cheney playbooks," their author writes in the Wall Street Journal . Karl Rove sees his own winning strategies at work, from Obama's “army of persuasion,” to Internet efforts, to electoral “microtargeting,” to attempts to bring red states back into play. But there's a problem, Rove hints. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • George W. Bush • Karl Rove • flip flop • Richard Nixon
- Bush Stuns G8 With 'Biggest Polluter' Boast
  
  newser | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Jul 10, 08 8:00 AM CDT
  
  George Bush concluded the last G8 summit of his presidency with a defiant final joke: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter," he quipped. The president then punched the air, his mouth fixed in a huge grin, the Daily Telegraph reports. Bush, who has faced international condemnation for years for his reluctance to fight climate change, then left the summit, as fellow leaders Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • environment • Nicolas Sarkozy • Gordon Brown • pollution • G8 summit
- Emboldened Iraq Stands Up to Washington
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 10, 08 7:41 AM CDT
  
  Nouri al-Maliki and the Iraqi government are now openly demanding a timetable for the withdrawal of American forces, reports the New York Times . While nobody expects Baghdad to boot American troops, several military victories and greater political stability have emboldened Maliki, and the increasingly loud demands reflect a new confidence on the part of the Iraqi PM. More »
  
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  Iraq • George W. Bush • Bush administration • Nouri al-Maliki • American troops • timetable
- Union Ad Urges Vets to Abandon McCain
  
  newser | The Swamp | Jul 9, 08 5:05 PM CDT
  
  Worried about the appeal John McCain has for military veterans among its members, the AFL-CIO is launching an advertising campaign criticizing the Republican's economic policies, the Chicago Tribune reports. The union will spend $53.4 million on the campaign, running mainly in places like Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Virginia— battleground states hit hard by the economic downturn. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • George W. Bush • veterans • labor • AFL CIO
- On Running Mate, Obama Can Jog, Mac Should Sprint
  
  newser | Time | Jul 9, 08 4:14 PM CDT
  
  Timing the unveiling of one's running mate is a crucial publicity challenge, David Von Drehle writes in Time —and John McCain would be best served by playing his card soon, while Barack Obama should keep his ace up his sleeve. Obama could run into trouble from rabid Hillary Clinton fans at the Democratic convention, and might need “to hold a headline in reserve." More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • George W. Bush • vice president • Democratic National Convention • Republican National Convention
- Senate passes FISA, 69-28
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 9, 08 2:50 PM CDT
  
  The Senate approved a bill today overhauling the rules on secret US government eavesdropping and granting immunity to telephone companies that helped it listen in after 9/11. The so-called FISA bill passed by a large margin of 69-28. The upper house also voted against three amendments that would have watered down, delayed, or stripped away the immunity provision. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Senate • warrantless wiretapping • FISA • domestic surveillance • telecom immunity
- Like the Gipper, Obama Need Only Look Decent to Win
  
  newser | Real Clear Politics | Jul 9, 08 12:26 PM CDT
  
  The campaign most comparable to today's, Pat Buchanan writes on Real Clear Politics, is 1980's, with John McCain playing the part of Jimmy Carter—and Barack Obama, like Ronald Reagan, in pole position and needing only to look reasonable to win the White House. Just as Reagan shook his right-wing caricature, Obama need only prove he's "one of us" to roll in November. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • George W. Bush • Ronald Reagan • Jimmy Carter • landslide
- As Congress Caves on FISA, Coalition Urges Fighting Back
  
  newser | Salon | Jul 8, 08 5:43 PM CDT
  
  With a vote set for tomorrow on a new domestic surveillance bill that grants immunity to telecoms involved in warrantless wiretapping of US citizens, Glenn Greenwald urges Salon readers to donate to a "coalition devoted to the preservation of basic constitutional protections and the rule of law." The "money bomb" will drop Aug. 8, the anniversary of Nixon's resignation over "lawbreaking and surveillance abuses." More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Michael Mukasey • warrantless wiretapping • FISA • Mike McConnell • telecom immunity • Glenn Greenwald • Jeff Bingaman
- Obama Brings Change, McCain Seen as Old: Poll
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 7, 08 8:07 PM CDT
  
  Asked to volunteer a single word about presidential candidates, a majority of Americans offer “change” or “outsider” for Barack Obama and “old” for John McCain, an AP poll finds. The Democrat is perceived as warmer and more empathetic; the Republican is seen as stronger and tougher. Obama wins on likeability, while McCain takes the prize on decisiveness. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • George W. Bush • age • opinion polls • favorability rating
- Bush to Canadian PM: 'Yo, Harper!'
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 7, 08 12:22 PM CDT
  
  Mixing Texas diplomacy with the high diplomacy of the G8 summit in Japan, President Bush showed off his characteristically casual behavior today by introducing Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to another leader with a "Yo, Harper!" Bush landed British PM Tony Blair in hot water at a 2006 summit with a similar greeting, then proceeded to shock German Chancellor Angela Merkel with a brief back massage. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Japan • Canada • G8 summit • Stephen Harper
- Bush 'Murder' Book a Bestseller, Despite Blackout
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 7, 08 8:49 AM CDT
  
  When he served as a prosecutor in Los Angeles, Vincent Bugliosi racked up a perfect record in 21 murder trials, including the Charles Manson case in 1971. As a writer, he's scored three No. 1 bestsellers; his last, about the Kennedy assassination, is being made into an HBO miniseries. But Bugliosi's newest book has been oddly bereft of mainstream media coverage, the New York Times reports. Could it be because it's called The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder ? More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Iraq war • criminal • criminal justice
- Oh Napoleon: Tiny Leaders Rule G8
  
  newser | ABC News | Jul 6, 08 1:47 PM CDT
  
  The leaders at this week's G8 summit are all political big shots, but they're pretty diminutive face-to-face—five don't even make it past 5'6''. Russia's Dmitry Medvedev brings up the short end of the stick at 5'2'', and Canada's Stephen Harper is the only one to pass the 6' mark. But luckily for the G8, reports ABC News, the Napoleon complex is just a myth. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Nicolas Sarkozy • Angela Merkel • Dmitry Medvedev • Silvio Berlusconi • Stephen Harper • Group of Eight • height • Napolean Bonaparte
- Bush: Olympic Boycott Would Be 'Affront' to Chinese People
  
  newser | CNN | Jul 6, 08 11:29 AM CDT
  
  President Bush today defended his decision not to boycott the Beijing Olympics next month, saying skipping “would be an affront to the Chinese people" that would make it difficult "to speak more frankly with the Chinese leadership.” Speaking ahead of tomorrow's G8 meeting in Japan, Bush said he would address concerns over religious freedom and human rights with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Games. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Japan • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Beijing • Hu Jintao • boycott • Olympic boycotts • Group of Eight
- Bush Edits Jefferson on Religion
  
  newser | Science Blogs | Jul 5, 08 11:00 AM CDT
  
  Thomas Jefferson may be a founding father, but that doesn’t stop President Bush’s speechwriters from editing his words as they see fit, Ed Brayton writes on his blog, Dispatches from the Culture Wars. In a July 4 speech, Bush recited a famous Jefferson quote on “the blessings and security of self-government,” but took a crucial “anti-religious statement” out of the sentence. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • religious right • speech • Fourth of July • Thomas Jefferson
- 50-State Strategy Could Heal Red/Blue Divide
  
  newser | National Journal | Jul 5, 08 10:20 AM CDT
  
  Barack Obama and John McCain each hope to widen the playing field this November, and that could be a good thing for the country, writes Ronald Brownstein for the National Journal. Part of the reason America is so partisan is because it’s politically balkanized. In 2000 and 2004, both candidates resigned themselves to that division, conceding states that will be in play this time around. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • George W. Bush • election 2008 • partisanship • red state • blue states
- Biofuel Caused Food Crisis: Secret Report
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Jul 4, 08 3:45 PM CDT
  
  Biofuel production has been the driving force behind the growing food crisis, pushing prices up 75%, according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian . The most detailed research ever conducted on the issue emphatically contradicts the US position that biofuels are responsible for a mere 3% price bump. It hasn’t been published, sources say, for fear of embarrassing President Bush. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Bush administration • food prices • World Bank • biofuel • ethanol • hunger
- Bush Will Attend Beijing Opener
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 4, 08 3:27 AM CDT
  
  The White House has confirmed that President Bush will attend the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics—and he's likely to have plenty of seats to choose from in the VIP box, reports the New York Times . Brit Prime Minister Gordon Brown and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not be in attendance. French President Nicolas Sarkozy was withholding his decision until after progress in ongoing Tibet talks—but now Chinese officials have told him not to bother. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Nicolas Sarkozy • Angela Merkel • Olympic boycotts

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