Tom Schieffer, former president of the Texas Rangers and a U.S. ambassador under President George W. Bush, says he's considering running for Texas governor --as a Democrat. "I've thought about it for a while," he told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram....
Staff Writer Jessica Meyers reports: The Libertine Bar on Lower Greenville Avenue opened five hours early today so patrons could watch the inauguration live, while enjoying special libations, including the Obama Slammer, the McCain Parting Shot and the Sarah Palin...
Here's the opening of a story in The Economist assessing the end of the Bush years: He leaves the White House as one of the least popular and most divisive presidents in American history. At home, his approval rating...
Staff Writer Eric Aasen was watching the White House Web site during the transition of power. He reports: Just before 11 a.m. Dallas time, the site featured news from the Bush administration -- including a picture of the Bushes as...
At the Beckley BrewHouse in Oak Cliff: The first round of drinks just got served, and those at the table in front of me lifted their beers to the end of the Bush administration. Even some drinking coffee joined in....
President Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq this weekend and got a surprise himself. An Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the president, who ducked nimbly. MSNBC has the video. It's an insult in Iraqi culture to chunk your...
Karen Brooks has a story in this morning's paper about a North Carolina company that made a tidy profit by acquiring the Web name www.GeorgeWBushLibrary.com, then selling it to the Bush library folks. "It worked out very well," said an...
As governor, George W. Bush focused like a laser on he idea of personal responsiblity. It was a tenet in the political messaging that Karl Rove designed in his successful campaigns. Everybody needs to take responsibility for their actions, Bush...
Oliver Stone's new movie on George W. Bush -- W -- will be out next week. An early review in Variety suggests it's so-so. Variety says the film makes no attempt to cover historical bases by recounting big episodes like...
I saw all of Sarah Palin's speech, heard almost all of Rudy Giuliani's, was working during Mitt Romney's and Mike Huckabee's. Did any of them mention their party's incumbent, two-term president? Even once? If so, please tell me. Photo: President...
Bloomberg.com reports that the three-bedroom, 2,400-square-foot house has an asking price of $239,900. It's where George W. and Laura Bush lived in the late 1970s, when he launched his political career with an unsuccessful run for Congress. They sold in...
In a column that is almost achingly sad, William McKenzie of our editorial staff asks what went wrong with the Bush presidency. Bill recalls that nine years ago, when George W. Bush launched his quest for the White House,...
In this story, Todd J. Gillman has further details on the Republicans' resumption of a full convention schedule tonoght. The convention's official Web site STILL says: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2008 Check back soon for updates...
As of 9:20 a.m., this is what it says under "Schedule" for today on the official Web site of the Republican National Convention: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2008 Check back soon for updates Roaming through the site, one gets the...
Here's the news alert just posed at dallasnews.com: BREAKING NEWS -- White House: Bush, Cheney to skip GOP convention because of Hurricane Gustav. Details to come....
The White House statement on Sarah Palin: "Today, Senator McCain made an exciting decision in choosing Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to join him on his ticket as the Vice Presidential candidate. Governor Palin is a proven reformer who is...
President Bush -- who is A) unpopular; and B) no particular friend of John McCain's -- will address the Republican National Convention when it opens Monday night in St. Paul, Minn. After that, my guess is, you'll hear his...
In Springfield, Ill., on Saturday, Joe Biden sought to portray John McCain as joined at the hip to President Bush. "You can't change America when you supported George Bush's policies 95 percent of the time," Biden said. Count on the...
Joe Biden showed Saturday that he's not afraid to throw a haymaker. Essentially, he told the crowd in Springfield, Ill., (above) that he's not sure America could survive a November victory by John McCain -- his good friend of...
Bush at Crawford ranch six years ago last week, with Dallasite Harriet Miers, then White House staff secretary Remember how the president monitored Hurricane Katrina from the ranch, and then did a flyover? Remember how he gave a stern...
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