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CAPTION CONTEST: George W. Bush Smirks While Walking With Obama

Posted 06.01.2012

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Former President George W. Bush and his family were back at the White House on Thursday, where he and his wife were honored with the unveiling of thei...

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Critics Say Obama Policies Would Have Provoked Backlash Under Bush

Politico | Josh Gerstein | Posted 03.13.2012

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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....

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Review Of Obama Regulations Reveals Surprising Result

Bloomberg | Mark Drajem And Catherine Dodge | Posted 12.26.2011

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

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Obama Campaign Drops The George W. Bush Talking Point

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- At roughly noon on Tuesday, shortly after Gov. Rick Perry unveiled the tax policy platform for his presidential campaign, President Obam...

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White House: Republicans Are 'Talking More Calvin Coolidge Than George Bush'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Several weeks ago, in an interview with the Huffington Post, a senior Obama adviser tried out a new campaign-themed line in the hope of imparting the ...

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David Axelrod: Republican Congress Could Be 'More Extreme' Than Bush (EXCLUSIVE)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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With polls and prognosticators predicting a massive Republican rout -- and the likely election of uncompromising, out-of-the-mainstream conservatives ...

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

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Boehner Responds To Gibbs, Reaffirms Support For Iraq Troop Drawdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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House Minority Leader John Bohner's (R-Ohio) office reaffirmed on Tuesday that he supports the removal of combat troops from Iraq after White House of...

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Federal Prosecution Of Immigrants Soared In Spring As Obama Continued Aggressive Bush-Era Policies

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 05.25.2011

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FRESNO, Calif. — Federal prosecutions of immigrants soared to new levels this spring, as the Obama administration continued an aggressive enforc...

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More Jobs Might Be Created This Year Than During George W. Bush's Presidency

National Journal | Ronald Brownstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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If the economy produces jobs over the next eight months at the same pace as it did over the past four months, the nation will have created more jobs i...

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Obama Border Plan Resembles Bush's

AP | JACQUES BILLEAUD | Posted 05.25.2011

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PHOENIX — President Barack Obama's plan to send as many as 1,200 National Guard troops back to the U.S.-Mexico border quelled demands that he mu...

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Obama's National Security Strategy Turns Away From Bush Administration Goals

AP | ANNE GEARAN and ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is breaking with the go-it-alone Bush years in a new strategy for keeping the nation safe, counting more on ...

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Obama's West Point Graduation Speech

Posted 05.25.2011

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WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) --The U.S. must shape a world order as reliant on the force of diplomacy as on the might of its military to lead, President Bara...

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Obama Echoes George H.W. Bush On Oil Spill Response (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are striking similarities and differences between the press statement issued by President Obama on Friday in response to the Gulf oil spill and ...

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What Obama Could Learn From Bipartisanship In The Bush Era

The New Republic | Noam Scheiber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Everyone remembers that George W. Bush's first tax cut was contentious when Congress considered it back in 2001. So contentious, in fact, that the Bus...

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Obama's War Strategy Has Echoes Of Bush

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — It feels like 2007 all over again. Different war, different president, but "surge" is back in vogue. President Barack Obama's reva...

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John Yoo: Obama Is A Continuation Of Bush On Executive Powers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In his new book, former Bush administration attorney and infamous torture memo collaborator John Yoo favorably argues that President Barack Obama is w...

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Bush Waited Six Days To Discuss Shoe Bomber With No GOP Complaints

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The bellowing by Republicans over the Obama administration's supposedly lackadaisical response to the attempted bombing of an airliner over Detroit se...

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Sen. Jack Reed: Obama More Focused On Terrorism Than Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In what was a noteworthy remark precisely because it is made so infrequently, a top Senate Democrats insisted on Sunday that President Barack Obama ha...

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Obama Should Ask Bush What To Do In Afghanistan: Opinion

Slate Magazine | John Dickerson | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama came into office promising he wouldn't be captive to groupthink. He would test the assumptions of his advisers by seeking outside voic...

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Teachers Criticize Obama School Reform's Reliance on Tests, Charters as 'Bush III'

Washington Post | Nick Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Political Historian Garry Wills: Obama Still Runs Bush's Secret Empire

Entangled Giant | Posted 05.25.2011

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George W. Bush left the White House unpopular and disgraced. His successor promised change, and it was clear where change was needed. Illegal acts sho...

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Nadler: Obama Violating Law By Not Investigating Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even as the issue of torture appears likely to burst back onto the public agenda next week -- thanks to the much anticipated release of an internal CI...

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Obama No Closer To Supporting Investigation Of Bush Terror Policies

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite revelations that the CIA kept members of Congress in the dark about a covert intelligence program, and calls for an investigation into the mat...

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Obama Going Ahead With Bush-Era Plan To Screen Computer Networks

Washington Post | Ellen Nakashima | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration will proceed with a Bush-era plan to use National Security Agency assistance in screening government computer traffic on priv...

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