John Howard

As George W. Bush learned, there's an upside to being president: He amassed a dazzling array of gifts from foreign dignitaries. But there's a downsid...

In this, the penultimate week of the Bush Years, we learned that the only thing there wasn't enough room for at Blair House was the enormity of Bush's pettiness. It turns out there was plenty of room to accommodate the Obama family in time for the kids to start school. Scrambling to make things look good after snubbing the Obamas, Bush had hastily invited former Australian Prime Minister John Howard to toss another shrimp on the Blair House barbie, leaving the Obamas -- and their sizable security detail -- to check into the Hay Adams. At taxpayer expense. Also staying true to his character until the bitter end was Dick Cheney who this week asserted, "I don't believe we violated anybody's civil liberties."

UPDATE 1/7/09 ThinkProgress, based on an interview on last night's Countdown, says that John Howard may have been asked to stay at Blair House after ...

WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush is giving the nation's highest civilian award to three foreign leaders who have been among his most loyal ...

Conservative Prime Minister John Howard suffered a humiliating defeat Saturday at the hands of the left-leaning opposition, whose leader has promised ...

Australia's conservative government remains well behind the opposition Labor Party and looks likely to be swept from office in parliamentary elections...