Bush Obama

Sam Stein

Kerry Campaign Vets On Complaints Over Obama's Bin Laden Ad: Too Bad

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.01.2012

WASHINGTON -- For veterans of John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign, the past week of debate over the fairness of making political attacks out of na...

Critics Say Obama Policies Would Have Provoked Backlash Under Bush

Politico | Josh Gerstein | Posted 03.13.2012

President Barack Obama has forged a surprising consensus on opposite ends of the political spectrum: They wonder how on earth he gets away with it....

Review Of Obama Regulations Reveals Surprising Result

Bloomberg | Mark Drajem And Catherine Dodge | Posted 12.26.2011

President Barack Obama's "tsunami" of new government regulations looks more like a summer swell. Obama's White House has approved fewer regulations...

Bush Reportedly Feels Ignored In Obama 'Victory Lap' Following Death Of Bin Laden

Posted 07.05.2011

A source tells the New York Daily News that former president George W. Bush feels that his successor has failed to sufficiently recognize the role he ...

George W. Bush Declines Obama Invitation To Ground Zero

AP | Posted 07.03.2011

WASHINGTON — A spokesman for George W. Bush says the former president has declined an invitation from President Barack Obama to attend an observ...

Bush Denies Claim That He 'Would Have' Endorsed Obama Over McCain

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

The Bush camp is quickly pushing back on a British report Tuesday that claimed the former president had been so cold on John McCain's presidential cam...

George Bush, Barack Obama And Iraq: The Costs Of War

The New Yorker | Hendrik Hertzberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Speaking from the Oval Office last Tuesday evening to mark what he called, with more hope than precision, "the end of our combat mission in Iraq," Pre...

Obama Phones George W. Bush From Air Force One Ahead Of Iraq Speech

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.25.2011

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — As he prepares to herald the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, President Barack Obama has spoken by phone to former...

Bush v. Obama

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Best Of Letterman's "Cool/Not Cool": Obama Vs. Bush (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

David Letterman has never been a fan of George W. Bush. During the former president's time in office, Dave mocked his use of language, his intelligenc...

Frank Rich: Obama Can't Turn The Page On Bush

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 05.25.2011

TO paraphrase Al Pacino in "Godfather III," just when we thought we were out, the Bush mob keeps pulling us back in. And will keep doing so. No matter...

Bush Aides Calling Obama Polarizing "World's Stupidest Argument": Joe Klein

Time | Posted 05.25.2011

Bush flunkies trying to argue that Obama is more polarizing than Bush was. Given the fact that Obama had to take dramatic action, at home and abroad, ...

Bush Abstains From Criticizing Obama In First Speech: He "Deserves My Silence"

AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 05.25.2011

CALGARY, Alberta — Former President George W. Bush said on Tuesday that he won't criticize Barack Obama because the new U.S. president "deserves...

Sam Stein

Exclusive: Leahy Talks To White House About Investigating Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy and White House Chief Counsel Greg Craig discussed on Tuesday the Senator's proposal to set up a truth and rec...

Bush's Farewell Address: Obama Election A "Moment Of Hope"

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Unpopular but unbowed, President George W. Bush defended his tumultuous two terms in a farewell address to the nation Thursday nigh...

Bush On Obama: "I Do Like Him. You'd Like Him, Too" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

In an interview with "Larry King" Tuesday night, President Bush said he was a fan of his successor. Asked by King if he liked Obama, Bush replied, "...

Bush, Obama Tag-Teaming Lawmakers For Bailout Cash

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Acting at Barack Obama's behest, President George W. Bush on Monday asked Congress for the final $350 billion in the financial bail...

Sam Stein

Bush Blames Others For Washington's Still-Partisan Tone

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

George W. Bush ended his final news conference on a note of lament. Slightly more than a week before he cedes the Oval Office to Barack Obama, the 43...

Bush: Give Me The Rest Of The TARP Money

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Senior Bush administration officials are preparing to ask lawmakers for the second half of the $700 billion financial rescue package despite intense o...

Bush Gift To Aides: Part-Time Jobs

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Most of President George W. Bush's aides and top administration officials have no idea what they'll do when the next president take...

Bush Moves Ahead With Controversial Abortion Rule Despite Protest

LA Times | Posted 05.25.2011

The outgoing Bush administration is planning to announce a broad new "right of conscience" rule permitting medical facilities, doctors, nurses, pharma...

Bush: Obama Scoped Daughters' Bedrooms After Visit

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — After a confab about the state of the world, President-elect Obama wanted to scope out his young daughters' future bedrooms in the ...

Obama Team Expected To Broker Subpoena Deal

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — A yearslong legal dispute between the White House and Congress over testimony by President Bush's aides probably will be resolved u...

Bush, Obama To Meet Monday

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — President Bush and Barack Obama on Monday will hold their first substantive talks about the nation's daunting priorities as the tra...

Bush Compares Obama To Nazi Appeasers

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

*** UPDATED BELOW *** President Bush has said repeatedly that he would not insert himself into the presidential race, but that stance changed dramati...