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NEWS ABOUT: Bob Dole

Bob Dole stories: 19 news summaries
OPINION

In 2012, GOP Goes With Heart (Palin) Over Head (Romney)

Who knows, maybe her star power will make her the next Reagan

Oct 20, 09 7:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - No matter what kind of gains Republicans make in the midterm elections next year, it’s going to be tough to unseat President Obama—and that’s why the GOP is going to choose Sarah Palin, its heart’s preferred candidate, over Mitt Romney, its head’s favorite. Or as... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Barry Goldwater • Richard Nixon • Ronald Reagan • Republican Party • Bob Dole • Sarah Palin • incumbents • Election 2012 • President Obama • midterm elections • presidential nominee

Dole Gets DNC Health Reform Spot Pulled

Ad citing former GOP senator's support 'backhanded,' he says

Oct 11, 09 8:00 PM CDT
(AP) - The Democratic National Committee is canceling a television ad touting GOP support for health care reform after protests from one of the Republicans mentioned, former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. Dole is quoted saying: "I want this to pass...We've got to do something." The former Kansas senator... More »

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GOP • Republican Party • Rahm Emanuel • Democratic National Committee • Bob Dole • health care reform • political advertising • television advertising

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

Prez readies final push, noting bipartisan support

Oct 10, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Barack Obama • Tommy Thompson • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Bill Frist • Michael Bloomberg • Bob Dole • health care reform • bipartisanship

political comedy


 Thank (or Blame) 
 Bush for Dave's 
 Left Turn 

Letterman veers from apolitical-leaning-right to full-on liberal

Sep 27, 09 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The most telling thing David Letterman has said in a while may have been a brief comment he made last Monday, as he wrapped up an hour with President Obama: "I can't tell you how satisfying it is to watch you work," the famously crotchety Late Night ... More »

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John McCain • CBS • late night talk show • late night host • Bob Dole • David Letterman • Late Night • Election 2008 • Iraq war • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin • President Obama

Daschle, Dole Team Up for Outside Health Care Push

Could-have-been '90s partners finally team up

Jun 18, 09 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the Clintons were trying to pass their health care reform bill in the early '90s, Tom Daschle tried desperately to enlist Bob Dole. Now, 15 years later, he finally has. Daschle and Dole, along with former Republican leader Howard Banker, are leading an outside push for a bipartisan health... More »

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health insurance • Senate • Bob Dole • health care reform • Tom Daschle • bipartisanship • bipartisan

Senate Likes Shinseki for Veterans Affairs

War, economy burden system former Army general would inherit

Jan 14, 09 3:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Retired Gen. Eric Shinseki garnered bipartisan support for his Veterans Affairs Secretary nomination today in outlining his priorities before Congress, the Military Times reports. The former Army chief of staff admitted to little experience with veterans issues, but his vows to streamline the agency won support from the likes of... More »

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veterans • Department of Veterans Affairs • Republican Party • Bob Dole • PTSD • US Congress • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • Obama Cabinet • Eric Shinseki

 Daschle:
 Health Reform 
 About Facts, 
 Not Ideology 

Obama nominee pledges bipartisan effort despite controversial plan

Jan 8, 09 2:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services promised today a bipartisan effort to reform health care, the New York Times reports. “When it comes to health care, we really are in it together,” Tom Daschle said during Senate confirmation hearings, where chairman Ted Kennedy... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • health insurance • public health • Ted Kennedy • Bob Dole • health care reform • Tom Daschle • Senate committees • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • bipartisan

 Jack Kemp Treated for Cancer 

Docs can't say what afflicts former NFL star, GOP lawmaker, 73

Jan 7, 09 1:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Jack Kemp, the former NFL star and Republican congressman, is in treatment for cancer, the Buffalo News reports. A spokeswoman said the type of cancer is “undetermined,” but that tests are under way to identify it. Kemp, 73, served 18 years as a representative from New York before... More »

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cancer • Congress • Buffalo Bills • House of Representatives • cancer treatment • Bob Dole • quarterback • vice presidential candidate • Jack Kemp

Analysis

 Aspirations Dashed, 
 Mac May Actually Be Helpful 

Others have vowed to help victorious opponent, but GOP senator really might

Dec 15, 08 12:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Every losing presidential candidate pledges to put aside partisanship and help the new president govern, but John McCain might be the first to actually do it, writes Steve Kornacki in the New York Observer. McCain is still in office, yet, at 72, “has absolutely no illusions about ever running... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • John Kerry • Bob Dole • George McGovern • President Obama

analysis

Running Mate 'Bounce' Doesn't Climb Very High

Poll surge noticeable but brief: Gallup

Aug 11, 08 7:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Much ink has been spilled over Barack Obama and John McCain’s upcoming VP selections, but a running mate is not a game-changing choice, the Chicago Tribune reports. History suggests the effect on opinion polls will be noticeable but not huge: Gallup shows recent candidates getting an average 5% bump... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • John Edwards • Dick Cheney • John Kerry • Bob Dole • running mate • vice presidential sweepstakes • George W. Bush • poll numbers • Gallup poll • vice presidential candidate • Jack Kemp

OPINION

Hard-Core Supply-Sider:
I'm Voting for the Democrat

Former Chamber of Commerce honcho has had enough foreign policy disaster

Jul 17, 08 7:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Being a Reagan, Gingrich and Dole soldier won’t stop former Chamber of Commerce honcho Larry Hunter from voting for Barack Obama this fall, he writes in the New York Daily News. It doesn’t matter that he wholly disagrees with the Dem on every point of domestic policy; the... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Newt Gingrich • Ronald Reagan • Bob Dole • civil liberties • free markets • Iraq war

analysis

 What Obama, Clinton Don't Get 

Halperin runs down what the 2 top Dems are underestimating

Jun 4, 08 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Halperin runs down what Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton aren’t counting on the day after the nomination was secured: For Obama:
  • How intensely Clintonites feel about Hillary.
  • Delaying his VP pick will only exacerbate the Obama-Clinton scrutiny.
  • The sensitivity of the former first couple.
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Ted Kennedy • Bob Dole • general election

Furious Dole Calls McClellan 'Miserable Creature'

GOP bigwig savages ex-press secretary

May 30, 08 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bush turncoat Scott McClellan may have taken his hardest hit yesterday in a personal message from Bob Dole, who called the ex-press secretary a “miserable creature.” “Your type soaks up the benefits of power, revels in the limelight for years, then quits, and spurred on by greed,... More »

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Bob Dole • Scott McClellan

OPINION

 For McCain, Dole 
 Better Analogy Than Ike 

How GOP candidate positions himself for November will prove telling

Apr 18, 08 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The war to define John McCain hasn't started—the Democrats are still working on each other—but while his advisers look to build the next Dwight Eisenhower, some say McCain may be closer to Bob Dole. John Heilemann of New York tags along as McCain, "a candidate of pronounced... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • John McCain • Bob Dole • Dwight Eisenhower

Dole to Limbaugh: McCain's OK

Ex-senator defends Mac's record as  Republican stalwart

Feb 5, 08 5:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Bob Dole has taken up John McCain's defense in a letter written to Rush Limbaugh, the Chicago Tribune's Swamp blog reports. Answering Limbaugh's charge that McCain could "destroy" the GOP, Dole lists McCain's conservative stands when both were senators. "I cannot recall a single instance when he did... More »

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John McCain • Rush Limbaugh • conservative • Republican Party • Bob Dole • tax cuts • Republican nomination • Election 2008

Bush Nominates Doc to Head Veteran Affairs

James B. Peake would be first physician and general to hold post

Oct 30, 07 9:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush today nominated James B. Peake, a doctor and retired Army lieutenant general, to head the Veteran Affairs department, the LA Times reports. With his medical and military backgrounds, Peake is the perfect choice to overhaul the nation’s system for treating wounded soldiers, Bush says. A major report... More »

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Department of Veterans Affairs • soldier • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • Bob Dole • James B. Peake • medical • wounded • George W. Bush

'Antiquated' VA Ill Equipped to Care for Vets

Bush pledges massive overhaul, which requires major funding

Oct 22, 07 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some 700,000 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are eligible for VA benefits, and overhauling the overburdened system is firmly in the sights of  President Bush and a bipartisan commission. Citing "fundamental system weaknesses," a GAO report last week outlined a huge bureaucracy rife with staffing and training shortfalls,... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • medical costs • Department of Veterans Affairs • Bob Dole • GAO • Donna Shalala • Iraq veterans • George W. Bush

GOP Must
Break Mold
to Beat Hill  

Dem’s success is campaign’s big story, says David Brooks

Jul 27, 07 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary is such a surprise campaign juggernaut that her Republican rivals don't stand a chance, says New York Times’ resident conservative David Brooks, unless they muster weapons nobody's seen yet. The senator’s display of experience and confidence has been extraordinary, he writes, and her falling negatives bode well... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • presidential campaign • GOP • Bob Dole • Election 2008

Injured GIs Pledged Better Care

Commission calls for overhaul of military health system

Jul 26, 07 5:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The military health care system is inadequate to treat the casualties of  two modern wars and the nation should immediately move to overhaul it, a bipartisan presidential commission concluded yesterday. The panel called for improvements in treatment of brain injuries and post traumatic stress syndrome, as well as changes in... More »

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Robert Gates • Jim Nicholson • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • Wounded Warriors • Bob Dole • Donna E. Shalala • PTSD

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