Barack Obama - Abortion Extremist Aug 19, 2008
Barack Obama had a mini Bob Dole moment after the Saddleback presidential forum the other night ... So, as someone as splenetic as Bob Dole might put it, he's forced to lie about his record. (Townhall.com)
Letters to the editor (Published Aug. 19) Aug 19, 2008
John McCain s campaign tactics really made me wonder if he was acting like another Bob Dole. If so, why. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
McCain OK with aide's lobbying past Aug 18, 2008
Adviser to Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole, 1996. Adviser to Republican Senate leaders Bob Dole and Trent Lott, 1993-98 ... He was an adviser to former senator Bob Dole, both in the Senate and during Dole's 1996 presidential campaign. (USA Today)
Convention Bounce, Bump Or Noise? Aug 16, 2008
The Democrats began their convention two weeks after that, and in the intervening time, Al Gore announced that Joe Lieberman was his choice for V.P. Likewise, in 1996, there were two weeks between the Republican and Democratic conventions, and Republican Bob Dole announced his choice of Jack Kemp as a running mate a few days before their convention began. A whole month separated the two conventions in 1992. (CBS News)
OC matchup between Barack Obama and John McCain is prelude to debates Aug 16, 2008
"There's not such a great disparity in talent," said Northeastern University professor Alan Schroeder, author of "Presidential Debates: Fifty Years of High-Risk TV." "This isn't Bill Clinton versus Bob Dole.". Still, the campaigns have already begun trying to lower expectations. (Los Angeles Times)
Memo for a Lingering Conservative: "Today We Are All Georgians" Aug 16, 2008
Recall Bob Dole picking Jack Kemp in 1996 --a one day burst of excitement followed by three months of realizing that sometimes you can be too smart when it comes to picking the VP. Right now some senior McCain advisors are arguing for Senator Hutchinson and others for Secretary Ridge, both of which would fall pretty flat with the online activists, which will be the first wave of reaction that will set the tone. The McCain VP choice is really about where the GOP will head after President McCain,... (Townhall.com)
Interview with Sen. Burr: Energy, immigration, health care are key issues Aug 14, 2008
That was a task in which former presidential candidate Bob Dole joined him, Burr said. It gives me three days in eastern North Carolina to get a first-hand view of the impact that we have through rural development, he said. (Washington Daily News, NC)
John McCain, Internet dunce (99) Aug 14, 2008
Years ago Bob Dole did some TV ads for Viagra. Maybe McCain can do a few TV spots for Napalm TM, which cures one's sense of impotence by killing lots of poor inocent civilians, but restores a sense of "national honor" to one's sense of self esteem. (Salon)
Too old? Too young? CEO debate mirrors campaign's Aug 13, 2008
Bill Clinton won despite being 23 years younger than Bob Dole, but the older candidate has won 24 of 38 presidential elections since a Republican first faced a Democrat in 1856, according to American Demographics magazine. Presidents since 1951 have been restricted to eight-year term limits, which may make age less of a consideration among voters than it would among company directors choosing a new CEO.. (USA Today -- Money)
The Fives: Hillary's switcharoo, and Ronald Reagan, too! Aug 13, 2008
It seems improbable that the wife of former vice presidential and presidential candidate Bob Dole, and as someone whom was once considered a presidential contender herself -- could have ever been anything but a Republican ... In 1975, she moved across the aisle to the Repubican party, the same year she married powerful Republican politico Bob Dole, who ran as Gerald Ford's running mate in 1976. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Divided camp may hinder McCain's chances Aug 11, 2008
If anything, it recalls the freewheeling ways of the last Republican senator to win his party's presidential nomination, Bob Dole in 1996. McCain's style contains contradictions, veering between a shoot-from-the-hip tendency and assertions of damn-the-consequences authenticity on the one hand and a grudging acceptance on the other of the need to give in to the discipline of programmed politics. (International Herald Tribune)
Veep choice not just politics Aug 11, 2008
Gerald Ford chose Bob Dole, who chose Jack Kemp ... Mondale along with Bob Dole, George H.W. Bush and Al Gore is one of only four living Americans who understand what it is to go through this process from both ends. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
McCain can't be sure veterans will fall in behind him Aug 10, 2008
McCain can't be sure veterans will fall in behind him - Los Angeles Times. News/Opinion Arts/Entertainment Living. (Los Angeles Times)
• GOP convention officials discover deficit just in time Aug 10, 2008
Bob Dole received the nomination. Larson, the Twin Cities host committee chair, acknowledges that fundraising has been difficult but says his committee has met all of its fundraising obligations and targets. (Q13.com, WA)
Six Republican Senators to Skip GOP Convention Aug 7, 2008
Bob Dole of Kansas, not Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, as his running mate. Rockefeller, who had been appointed to a position he no longer wanted, still appeared at the convention, nominating Dole. (Newsmax)
Va. Goes From Red State To Swing State Aug 5, 2008
"Even in 1996, when [Bill] Clinton was winning every state imaginable, Bob Dole won Virginia because our people showed up.". Both campaigns have been running television ads in the state for weeks, but on the ground the battle is emerging as a contrast in approaches. (CBS News)
President Duke Aug 4, 2008
"Dukakis specifically mentions universal healthcare as an issue on which he would have pushed very hard. At the time he ran, there was a decades-old bipartisan consensus that the country's healthcare system needed to be reformed. Harry Truman had proposed a universal system in 1945, after having been president for only seven months. In 1971, Richard Nixon had proposed a universal system that involved a mix of employer-employee programs and a Medicare-type wraparound plan to fill in the gaps. Bob... (Boston Globe)
Obama too young? McCain too old? Aug 4, 2008
The age difference between Obama and McCain is bigger than the 23-year gap between Republican challenger Bob Dole and incumbent Bill Clinton in 1996. It's also bigger than the 17-year gap between Republican incumbent Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale in 1984. (Florida Today)
Excited about VP picks? In November, they rarely matter Aug 3, 2008
In November, they rarely matter. "The calmer Mondale looked like a statesman, Goldstein recalled, and was dispatched in the campaign's final days to swing states such as Ohio, which the Democrats won by 0.2 percentage point."It was as though he was running for an Ohio Senate seat," Goldstein chuckled.Those elections were the exceptions.A few controversial modern picks, notably Richard Nixon in 1952, Spiro Agnew in 1968 and Dan Quayle in 1988, wound up on winning Republican tickets.Nixon saved... (Anchorage Daily News)
Senator Bob Dole to Hold Landmark Health Care Forum at Dole ... Aug 3, 2008
Senator Bob Dole to Hold Landmark Health Care Forum at Dole Institute of Politics in Kansas - FOXBusiness ... Senator Bob Dole to Hold Landmark Health Care Forum at Dole Institute of Politics in Kansas ... Senator Bob Dole will convene a landmark health care policy forum, titled, "Reforming the U.S. Health Care System: Supporting the Role of Individuals," at the Dole Institute of Politics in Lawrence, Kansas. (FOXBusiness)
Nixon agonistes Aug 3, 2008
When Bob Dole -- another striving boy from a small rural town who witnessed it all and was scarred by war and Watergate -- delivered his eulogy here at Nixon's funeral 14 years ago, he called the man who stared down Khruschev at the kitchen debate but who resigned in the face of certain impeachment "the most durable figure of our time.". Nixon is no longer a central figure of our politics -- you hardly hear his name anymore -- but he is not gone, not quite yet. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Can McCain dazzle at Republican convention? Aug 3, 2008
In nominating Bob Dole as the party's candidate for president, McCain offered a heartfelt generational salute from a Vietnam War veteran to a World War II veteran ... " 1996 Elizabeth Dole, wife of GOP nominee Bob Dole, wades into the crowd of delegates and becomes a political version of Oprah Winfrey. Democratic President Bill Clinton vows to build a "bridge to the 21st century. (AZCentral -- News)
Hagan rallies Democrats during Greenville visit Aug 3, 2008
Hagan emphasized how Dole's husband, long-time U.S. senator and former presidential candidate Bob Dole of Kansas, can't vote for her because he didn't change his residency. "My husband can vote for me," Hagan said. (The Daily Reflector)
Crushing on Obama Aug 3, 2008
In the closing days of the 1992 presidential campaign, President George H.W. Bush took to waving a bumper sticker with the slogan ANNOY THE MEDIA/RE-ELECT BUSH. Four years later, Senator Bob Dole asked voters to "rise up" against media that were trying to "steal this election." Complaining about the liberal media is a signature of losing Republican campaigns. It doesn't work because whining doesn't look presidential and because annoying the media tends to be pretty low on voters' to-do lists. (Time.com)
A Long Wait for the Debates Aug 2, 2008
If McCain doesn't want to pull a Bob Dole and punt the ball to the opposition, he must get serious about slamming the Obamanation with every fact of his incompetency. If he refuses to do it, then give Ron Paul a shot. (Townhall.com)
Turn Him Into Tom Dewey Aug 2, 2008
Or the feckless, grumpy old man Bob Dole. But the comparison that Republicans seem most determined to offer is an unlikely one: Barack Obama as Tom Dewey. (Slate)
Attacks are order of the day Aug 1, 2008
Scott Reed, campaign manager for 1996 nominee Bob Dole, said McCain's team recognizes the election has become a "referendum" on Obama. "They need to define him quickly.". (USA Today)
Obama, McCain intensify reach to voters Jul 31, 2008
It's the first network ad by a presidential candidate since Republican Bob Dole aired commercials during the 1996 World Series. Via NBC, Obama could reach 25 million U.S. viewers at once during the Olympics. (Xinhuanet, China)
The age issue Jul 30, 2008
But in the 1996 election, 73-year-old Bob Dole was less successful. A clip of him tripping and falling off a stage got repeated airplay, and did him no favours with voters. (BBC News)
Obama extends reach with ads Jul 30, 2008
It's the first network ad by a presidential candidate since Republican Bob Dole aired commercials during the 1996 World Series. Obama could reach 25 million viewers at once during the Olympics that was the average prime-time audience size for the 2004 Summer Games in Athens. (USA Today -- News)
SAN MARCOS: Veteran takes Honor Flight to nation's capital Jul 29, 2008
Bob Dole during the three-day trip. "Everything was taken care of. I never would have gone back there on my own," Hurt said. (North County Times)
You simply must adore Obama Jul 29, 2008
I would have thought Bob Dole s campaign would have set a record for poor campaigns, but this one is even worse. I mean it is shocking. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Clownin' around "On the Job" Jul 29, 2008
Bob Dole, ESPN, John Deere, and Hy-Vee, and has performed with music stars B.B. King and Garth Brooks. Recently, Kid was awarded the title of Master Clown by his peers. (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
McCain Campaign Should Become More Sun Tzu and Less Sun Dole Jul 28, 2008
The senator seems at times to have a Bob Dole like stomach when it comes to scorching the congressional earth. Those who are not looking forward to an Obama presidency need to hope that in the coming days the McCain campaign becomes more Sun Tzu and less Sun Dole. (Human Events Online)
August birthdays highlight McCain-Obama generational split Jul 27, 2008
The 25-year gap between Obama and McCain is bigger than the 23-year age difference between Republican challenger Bob Dole and incumbent Bill Clinton in 1996. It's also bigger than the 17-year-gap between Republican incumbent Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale in 1984, when the 73-year-old Reagan famously quipped that he would not hold his opponent's relative inexperience against him. (USA Today)
• Challenges await Barack Obama at home Jul 27, 2008
"Obama had a historic week. He cleared all the bars and did amazingly well," said Scott Reed, who managed the 1996 presidential campaign of Republican Bob Dole. "But it probably isn't going to change many votes. . . . He still hasn't closed the deal.". (Q13.com, WA)
N.C. Sen. Kay Hagan (center) talks with Sen. William Purcell Friday morning during a campaign stop in Rockingham. Hagan is running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Elizabeth Dole. Photo by Peter Williams/Daily Journal Jul 26, 2008
Bob Dole, has roots in Kansas and for 25 years, Elizabeth Dole herself was registered to vote there. Bob Dole is still registered to vote in Kansas. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET Jul 26, 2008
Is John McCain in '08 channeling Bob Dole of '76. 750. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Waging the image campaign overseas Jul 25, 2008
"This week at least, it looks like incumbent President Obama running against challenger Bob Dole. That's exactly what it looks like, the future versus the past.". CNN cut away Wednesday from live coverage of McCain's town meeting in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Ask AP: Candidates' salaries, Alaska's pricey gas Jul 25, 2008
Jul 25, 10:26 AM EDT. Ask AP: Candidates' salaries, Alaska's pricey gas. (New York Post -- News)
Can Romney buy the VP nomination? Jul 24, 2008
That's why Bob Dole picked Jack Kemp as his running mate. However, it doesn't work. (Boston Globe)
Obama makes $5M Olympics advertising buy Jul 24, 2008
Top Finance Headlines. Top Government Headlines. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Obama Buys Olympics Ad Time Jul 24, 2008
The last network TV spot apparently was a single multi-minute ad Republican Bob Dole ran in 1996. Since then, presidential candidates have mostly used their advertising dollars to target battleground states, with some in recent campaigns also running national ads on cable television. (TVweek.com)
Just one reporter waiting for McCain as his plane landed in Manchester, NH, last night... Jul 23, 2008
It is because they know he will be the next President and John McCain will be the next Bob Dole. The only people to blame for this are your party leaders. (The Drudge Report)
A very red state changing its hue? Jul 23, 2008
Four years later, even as he was sweeping to an easy re-election win, Clinton narrowly lost the state to Bob Dole. Today Georgia is one of only a handful of states with a Republican governor, two Republican senators and both houses of its state Legislature controlled by Republicans. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Appropriations Breakdown Threatens Federal Investments Jul 23, 2008
The public over GOP Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-KS) and House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA). Both Democrats and Republicans apparently learned the same lesson from that episode: better to submit to the president's demands than risk a similar political train wreck. (OMB Watch)
Today in History Jul 22, 2008
Today's Birthdays: Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan ... Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. (Yahoo News)
Harry Shearer on Political Satire Jul 22, 2008
And you can see the mechanism of that starting up: the guys are getting their trusty catalogues of "he's so old" jokes that we're used to for Bob Dole and crossing out Dole and writing McCain. That's not satire. (Time.com)
Return of the catchy campaign song Jul 20, 2008
More recently, Bob Dole turned Sam and Dave's trademark Soul Man into Dole Man. There seems to be fewer examples these days. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Todd: Comfort vs. convention in vice presidential search Jul 19, 2008
Any chance he would have selected Bob Dole ... Tom Eagleton in 72 and Bob Dole in 76 did not check these boxes ... Bob Dole and Joe Lieberman not so much. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Battle For Legislative Control May Not Be Pretty Jul 19, 2008
Now president of the University of Miami, she was co-chair, with former U.S. Senator Bob Dole, of a commission that made recommendations on improving health care for wounded veterans. - More than 15,000 people attended the 5th annual Operation Freedom tribute to veterans on July 6 at the Milwaukee County Zoo, which included a Supermarket of Veterans Benefits sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs. (Agri-View, WI)
The Last Briefing: So Long, Tony Jul 18, 2008
From the powerful (the President, Vice President Cheney, House GOP Whip Roy Blunt) to the formerly powerful (Newt Gingrich, Bob Dole, Karl Rove), to the media famosos (Limbaugh, Hume, David Gregory of NBC) they all came out, just as they do on WHCA night. And, as is tradition at the correspondents dinner, the main speaker was the President. (Human Events Online)
Cost of Cronyism Jul 17, 2008
The overriding mood recalled the question repeatedly posed, in a different context, by Bob Dole during his losing 1996 campaign for president: "Where's the outrage?". Many of Paulson's non-scapegoats have traveled a familiar path from modest net worth to sudden wealth at the mortgage companies, especially Fannie Mae. (Townhall.com)
Veterans of All Wars Museum opens in Rossville Jul 16, 2008
Bob Dole and actor Tom Hanks on television raising money for the National World War II Memorial that opened in Washington, D.C., in 2004, Johnson set out to organize a local museum for veterans. VIDEO: Veterans of All Wars Museum To launch external video player. (WWalker County Messenger, GA)
How Chuck Schumer Set Off a Bank Panic Jul 16, 2008
Bob Dole once said the most dangerous spot in Washington was between Chuck Schumer and a TV camera. That may be true. (Townhall.com)
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Come on "The thing is, he s not buffoonish in any way, So, hes so perfect that it is impossible to make fun of him get real! Leave it to the liberal media to come up with someting so stupid as that! [] Posted by: Jack, Miami 15 July 2008 Your timing on this is perfect. With the exception of John Stewart s one attempt at a joke at Obama s expense one is left to SNL s parodies of the corruption in the mainstream media where Obama s media coverage is concerned. Even people w/o an university dregree... (International Herald Tribune)
New financial world dawns Jul 15, 2008
Even Bob Dole knows it. That means as thinking, moral people, we have to realize that hard times are inevitable, and we must amend capitalism s founding documents: The laissez-faire doctrine. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Throwing Phil Gramm Overboard Jul 15, 2008
"You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession." ; We have sort of become a nation of whiners" ... "You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline. -- Former Senator Phil Gramm speaking to the Washington Times. (Human Events Online)
Family, admirers lay Helms to rest Jul 13, 2008
$7 online stock trades. Polarizing former senator dies July 4 after years of declining health. (MSNBC -- Politics)
How McCain can win Jul 13, 2008
It didn t help Bob Dole against Clinton ... The fact that Bob Dole served in WWII didn t mean as much in 1996. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The Veep Picks: What's the Rush? Jul 13, 2008
Gerald R. Ford was pressured by the G.O.P.'s conservative wing to drop liberal Nelson Rockefeller from his 1976 ticket in favor of the more right-leaning Bob Dole. In 1984, however, Democrat Walter Mondale found himself in need of a miracle against incumbent President Ronald Reagan. (Time.com)
Will they love a man in uniform? Jul 8, 2008
Bill Clinton, who avoided the draft, defeated two distinguished service men - Bob Dole and George H.W. Bush, both decorated heroes of the Second World War. U.S. history has gone through phases of electing ex-military men as well as those with no war record to call their own. (Globe and Mail -- International)
McCain Didn't Assault Sandinista Jul 7, 2008
As the Senior Director for Latin America on the National Security Council, I accompanied Senators Bob Dole (R-Kan. John McCain (R-Ariz. (Human Events Online)
Former Sen. Jesse Helms Dies At 86 Jul 5, 2008
Former Senate leader Bob Dole described Helms' style: "He sticks to his guns and he doesn't mind firing them, either.". During the 1990s, Helms clashed frequently with President Bill Clinton, whom he deemed unqualified to be commander in chief. (CBS News)
Helms Funeral Slated For Tuesday Jul 5, 2008
Bob Dole recalls Helms and his wife adopting a 9-year-old boy with cerebral palsy in 1962 after a newspaper reported the boy wanted parents. Previous Stories. (KCRA 3, CA)
