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As a deadly tsunami raced toward the Iwate Prefecture town of Otsuchi on March 11, members of the local fire brigade's No. 2 branch stood their ground, desperately warning residents of the looming disaster as they raced to secure the coastal town's tide barrier. [ ... ]

Since we can't post from Bloomberg you can read the article here Gorbachev Praises Bush's Father and Clintons, Scolds McCain

Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will receive some high-profile help raising cash Thursday as former President George H.W. Bush headlines fundraisers for him in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley. The former president will be the "special guest" at both fetes, where a $100,000 platinum sponsorship entitles a donor to head-table seating for two, premiere seating for 10 and six photos with the governor and former president - "two people per photo." "The governor is very much looking forward to welcoming former President Bush back to California," said Schwarzenegger campaign spokeswoman Katie Levinson, "and he's grateful for his support." Democrat Phil Angelides,...

Bill Clinton is building on Jimmy Carter's example and creating a new paradigm for ex-presidents. They're ba-aack. Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush, America's political odd couple, are teaming up for another big roadshow, this time to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Last week, they stood shoulder to shoulder with President George W. Bush in the Oval Office, the 59-year-old Clinton now completely gray and looking a bit fragile, and the 81-year-old Bush looking stooped and a bit weary. Later the pair appeared together in Houston, chatting with evacuees at the Astrodome and the Reliant Center Arena....

For Texas Democrats, it's still a rebuilding era Thursday, June 17, 2004 HOUSTON — OK, Texas Democrats. What now? At its three-day convention here that begins today, that's the principal question for the party that dominated Texas politics for more than a century. Can it reverse the Red State Republican status for Texas presidentially — here since 1980 — either in this decade or next? That question will be paramount as the Democrats party, work to cheer each other up, caucus, choose delegates to go to Boston in July to ratify Sen. John Kerry as their presidential candidate and applaud...

Securing the Future of Conservatism Jerry Falwell Thursday, May 27, 2004 What do you get when you cross Jesse Helms, Jerry Falwell and a plethora of college students who are anxious to impact the culture with our time-honored conservative values? Well, if you ask Sen. Hillary Clinton she’d likely tell you that it is further evidence of a “vast right-wing conspiracy” that is out to destroy her husband’s so-called legacy and steer the nation toward mindless servitude to Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. (Maybe I should write the Democrats’ talking points.) But the correct answer is: The new Helms...

Monday, March 8, 2004 Pinkerton: Leading another Liberal to slaughter? By James P. Pinkerton We've seen this election before -- or have we? Sixteen years ago, a Republican named Bush was running against a Democrat from Massachusetts. In the spring of 1988, that Bush launched an offensive; in the parlance of politics, he "went negative." Bush zinged his opponent as part of the "Harvard boutique," declaring that the Massachusetts man might be presenting himself as a centrist, but he was, in reality, a liberal. The negative attacks worked. The Republican -- full name: George Herbert Walker Bush -- went on...

Who killed California? Posted: July 30, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 Creators Syndicate, Inc. With Gov. Gray Davis facing recall, a budget $38 billion in deficit, and a bond rating dropped three notches by Standard & Poor's to near junk-bond status, the lowest of all 50 states, the Golden State is no more. Who killed the goose that laid the golden eggs? Certainly, Davis, who misled voters about the gravity of his budget crisis in 2002, and won re-election by demonizing his GOP rivals, deserves his 20 percent approval rating. But Gray Davis did not kill California. The United...