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Republicans Brace for Brokered Convention

Mark Russell — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 08:19:39 CDT

For much of American history, brokered conventions were the norm, but the two big parties have not had one since Democrats chose Adlai Stevenson in 1952. The Republicans' last brokered convention was 1948 when they picked Thomas Dewey (Gerald Ford beat Ronald Reagan on the first ballot in 1976). But...

Gerald Ford's Compound For Sale

Rob Quinn — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:08:19 CST

A dream come true for wealthy Gerald Ford fans: The California home he lived in for decades after leaving office is up for sale at $1.7 million. The six-bedroom Rancho Mirage desert compound sits on the 13th fairway of the Thunderbird Country Club, and was designed by architect Welton...

Long Live the Chief: Presidents Usually Do

John Johnson — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:01:04 CST

President Obama's graying hair has set off the typical chatter that serving as president is so stressful it's bound to take years off a person's life. Not so, says a longevity expert in the Journal of the American Medical Association . In fact, our presidents tend to live longer than the...

Betty Ford Dead at 93

anothernewsjunkie — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:01:43 CDT

Betty Ford has died at the age of 93, with her family at her bedside. CNN did not have additional details. From 1974 to 1977, she served as the first lady to President Gerald Ford, but she made headlines a year after leaving the White House when she announced she...

It's Tough to Be Conservative Enough in 2010

Kevin Spak — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:24:00 CDT

When Dana Milbank had the temerity to call Lisa Murkowski and Bob Bennett “faithful conservatives,” readers let him have it. These weren’t conservatives, they argued—just look at their American Conservative Union scores! So Milbank did. “What I found was astonishing,” he writes in the Washington Post . Murkowski and Bennett...

Justice Stevens: I May Retire

Kevin Spak — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:20:29 CDT

John Paul Stevens would like to make a decision about retiring from the Supreme Court within the next month, he reveals in a new interview. “I still have my options open,” he tells Jeffrey Toobin in a lengthy New Yorker profile. “You can say I will retire within the next...

Hey, Obama: Embrace the Dissidents

Matt Cantor — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:46:20 CST

How can Barack Obama give voice to the voiceless? With a simple photo op, writes William McGurn in the Wall Street Journal . Dissidents under “nasty” governments in China, Iran, Cuba, and elsewhere—thus far dissed by the White House—are wondering: “‘Where is the president of the United States?’” His...

Stevens' Exit Would Break Court Tradition

Nick McMaster — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:11:09 CDT

Supreme Court justices have traditionally waited to retire until a member of the same party that nominated them held the presidency, writes Kate Klonick for True/Slant. The custom has prevailed even when the justice’s ideology drifted away from that party. But if the rumors about John Paul Stevens’ imminent retirement...

Obama's Approval Rating Sinks to 50%

M. Morris — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:40:55 CDT

President Obama's job-approval rating slipped to 50% in Gallup poll results out today, a new low for the 10-month-old administration, the Los Angeles Times reports. The drawn-out health care reform debate apparently is dragging down the number, which hit 69% after the inauguration. The disapproval number is 43%. "It's real...