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  • August 2008

    • Top-Secret Woodward Tome Gets a Name

      Politico  |  Aug 19, 08 11:20 AM CDT

      Top-Secret Woodward Tome Gets a Name

      (Newser) - Bob Woodward’s fourth book on the Bush White House, originally a mere 352 pages, has ballooned into 496 pages of inside dope and is due in stores Sept. 8, Politico reports. And the mystery-shrouded volume, which focuses on the Iraq conflict, officially has a name: The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006-2008 . Simon & Schuster says it plans to print 900,000 copies. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • Bush administration  • Condoleezza Rice  • Dick Cheney  • publishing  • biography  • Bush legacy  • Bob Woodward  • Simon & Schuster

  • July 2008

    • As Rome Burns, Bush Plays T-Ball

      Washington Post  |  Jul 17, 08 9:51 AM CDT

      As Rome Burns, Bush Plays T-Ball

      (Newser) - With Washington roiled yesterday by economic woes and bad news from Afghanistan, George W. Bush spent an hour watching 6- and 7-year-olds play T-ball, Dana Milbank notes in the Washington Post —the 95th sports-related event he's hosted as president, to 45 cabinet meetings. "For a president facing little good news at the office," Milbank writes, "sport is pleasure." More »

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      baseball  • George W. Bush  • sports  • Cabinet  • Bush legacy  • Little League

    • The Decider Has Time for a Last Hurrah

      Washington Post  |  Jul 1, 08 10:24 AM CDT

      The Decider Has Time for a Last Hurrah

      (Newser) - It’s comforting to think of George W. Bush as yesterday’s news, but the Decider is still very much in office and itching to tie up loose ends. These “loose ends” might include signing a treaty with Iraq, or continuing his quixotic quest for Israeli-Palestinian peace, or, more terrifyingly, attacking Iran, writes Eugene Robinson in the Washington Post. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iran  • Bush administration  • foreign policy  • US foreign policy  • Bush legacy

  • May 2008

    • Lame Duck Bush Won't Quit

      Washington Post  |  May 3, 08 12:00 PM CDT

      Lame Duck Bush Won't Quit

      (Newser) - With less than a year left in office, President Bush refuses to let his lame-duck status keep him quiet, the Washington Post reports. He continues to push for initiatives that are unlikely to see the light of day, including Alaska oil drilling, more nuclear plants, and a Colombia free-trade deal. As the Democratic Congress continues to shrug off his efforts, “I'm perplexed about why there's no action on big issues,” Bush said. More »

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      George W. Bush  • White House  • presidency  • Bush legacy

    • Bush Reaches Historic Low

      CNN  |  May 1, 08 6:55 PM CDT

      Bush Reaches Historic Low

      (Newser) - George Bush is the most unpopular president in modern history with a 71% disapproval rating, a new CNN poll says. It's the first time any president has cracked the 70% mark in any CNN or Gallup poll—even Nixon remained in the mid-60s on the eve of his resignation in 1974. The previous record belonged to Harry Truman at 67%. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Bush approval ratings  • Bush legacy

  • February 2008

    • Bush Legacy of Debt May Stymie Successor

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 1, 08 8:54 AM CST

      Bush Legacy of Debt May Stymie Successor

      (Newser) - The next president may inherit a US government so deeply in debt it could lose its Triple-A credit rating for the first time since Moody's Investors Service began grading securities 90 years ago, warns the Wall Street Journal . The White House is preparing to unveil a record $3 trillion budget request with a $400 billion deficit, which would saddle President Bush's successor with massive debt at a time when the nation will be struggling with soaring costs for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Social Security  • Medicare  • tax cuts  • budget deficit  • Treasury  • Bush legacy  • federal spending  • Triple-A credit rating

  • January 2008

    • Bush Legacy: US Awash in Ugly Red Ink

      Bloomberg  |  Jan 23, 08 5:30 PM CST

      Bush Legacy: US Awash in Ugly Red Ink

      (Newser) - Washington’s sea of red ink is getting deeper as President Bush plans tax cuts and spending bumps to stimulate a foundering economy. Bush's policies have created a fiscal morass that puts his successor, Democrat or Republican, in a deep fiscal hole, and makes delivering on campaign promises difficult, Bloomberg reports. “History will treat him harshly,” one expert said. More »

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      Bush administration  • economic stimulus package  • budget deficit  • Bush legacy

  • December 2007
  • September 2007

    • What's Next for Bush?

      New York Times  |  Sep 2, 07 4:37 PM CDT

      What's Next for Bush?

      (Newser) - President Bush is fixated on how history will remember him, a new book about his presidency will reveal Tuesday. Bush was initially coy with journalist Robert Draper, but he finally capitulated to six hour-long interviews in which he slowly lets his guard down. "I've got God's shoulder to cry on, and I cry a lot," he told Draper. More »

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      George W. Bush  • book  • Bush approval ratings  • Bush legacy

  • July 2007

    • Bush's Failures Are Kristol Clear

      Washington Post  |  Jul 18, 07 9:22 AM CDT

      Bush's Failures Are Kristol Clear

      (Newser) - Nation editor David Corn does a double take in today's WaPo at neocon infantryman Bill Kristol's Sunday column there, which predicted the Bush presidency would go down as a success. In a blazing review of the scandals, misadventures and outright failures that have plagued the White House for the last seven years, Corn argues that Kristol's cheerleading "would be amusing were it not for all the damage he has helped Bush to cause." More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • US economy  • Hurricane Katrina  • Bush legacy  • Bill Kristol  • Weekly Standard

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