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President George W. Bush left the White House as one of the most disliked presidents in our nation’s history. With approval ratings struggling to hit 30 percent, he was an albatross hanging over fellow Republican John McCain during the 2008 presidential election. Even four years later, as President Obama ran for re-election, the majority of voters thought Bush was more responsible for economic problems in the United States than Obama. But over the past year, polling data has begun to suggest that Bush is no longer quite the liability he once was for the GOP, and that most Americans no...

MSNBC host Chris Matthews criticized President Obama for his mishandling of recent scandals, including the IRS targeting conservative groups.CHRIS MATTHEWS: He does run the IRS. He runs the Treasury Department. He runs the United States government, and he is accountable for it, and this is nonsensical.

When Barack Obama says he wants to "kick somebody's ass" over the Gulf oil spill, we presume he may be willing to settle for a mule, since mules are easier to find than asses and provide bigger targets. But he has to be careful whose ass to kick. Pick the wrong one, and he'll get a swift kick in return. The Secret Service would shoot the offending ass and ask later whose it was. But still, it's undignified for a president of the United States to suffer an ass-kicking. The president is an elegant Ivy Leaguer, after all, equally at...

I'll list some names but it is by no means exclusive. It would be interesting if you could post a brief rationale by your post. The option of nobody also exists and the option of a class of people exists: Fed Chiefs: Alan Greenspan Ben Bernanke Paul Volcker Speakers of the House: Newt Gingrich Denny Hastert Nancy Pelosi Senate Banking Committee Chairmen: Al D'Amato Phil Gramm Paul Sarbanes Richard Shelby Chris Dodd House Financial Services Committee Chairmen: Jim Leach Mike Oxley Barney Frank Presidents: Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton George W. Bush Barack Obama Treasury...

Richmond, Va. -- A group of students at Randolph-Macon Woman's College sued the school Friday, challenging its decision to begin admitting men next fall. The lawsuit, filed in Lynchburg Circuit Court, claims the 115-year-old school's governing board breached its contract with the students by voting to make it coeducational. The lawsuit, brought by four freshmen, one sophomore and four juniors, seeks to delay the enrollment of men until at least 2010, when currently enrolled students should have graduated. "They're in shellshock," alumna Diane Montgomery said of the college's approximately 700 students. "They feel their voices are not being heard. No...