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Football Great Joe Theismann Battles a Silent Killer
By David Moye - AOL NewsWhen former all-pro quarterback Joe Theismann was on the gridiron, his biggest opponents were defensive superstars like Lawrence Taylor. Now, he's helping Americans battle an even more formidable foe: abdominal aortic aneurysms. The condition, more colloquially known as "AAA," is a blood-filled bulge in the abdominal aorta that can burst unexpectedly, often with fatal consequences. In fact, only 10 to 25 percent of patients survive a rupture. This "silent killer" affects millions of Americans and is the third-leading cause of sudden death in men over 60 -- men like Theismann's dad, ...
Tom Daschle on Health Care, Obama and Raging Partisanship
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyDAVIDSON, N.C. -- In 2007, Tom Daschle – with other former Senate majority leaders – formed the nonprofit Bipartisan Policy Center to "engage top political figures, advocates, academics and business leaders in the art of principled compromise," according to the group's website. Good luck with that. Despite all evidence that the country's political scene is becoming more divisive, Daschle and the center's other founders -- Howard Baker, Bob Dole and George Mitchell – believe that while "electoral politics are partisan, policy should not be." On Wednesday night, Daschle, ...
Can Obama Emulate Reagan and Clinton -- and FDR?
By Lou Cannon - Politics DailyAs a biographer of Ronald Reagan, I've been asked if Barack Obama can recover from the catastrophe of the midterm elections to win a second term, as President Reagan did in 1984 when he carried every state except Minnesota, plus the District of Columbia. In a post-election press conference after the Republicans won the House last week, Obama took note of what Reagan had done and also of the comeback by President Bill Clinton, who was reelected in 1996 two years after the GOP captured the House for the first time in 46 years. Obama might also have mentioned the president with whom he claims the ...
Should President Obama Appear on 'The View'? PD Writers Weigh In
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyToday's question: President Barack Obama sitting down for an interview with the ladies of "The View" -- smart, or not? Where a president goes to speak -- each venue, each city -- is part of the overall effort in every White House to get the commander in chief's message out. ABC's "The View" snared Obama, a coup for the network for sure, but what's in it for the administration? The Politics Daily crew weighs in, each with a distinctive take. Obama taped the show Wednesday while in Manhattan for two fundraisers, and the program will air on Thursday. The set of the "The View" is familiar to ...
Emily's Post: From Gossip Fodder to Gossip Columnist
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyHaving been fodder for every gossip column in town, starting today I'm turning the tables -- and becoming one D.C. gossip columnist who fully gets what it's like to be on the receiving end. Everybody knows Washington politics is not for the meek or thin-skinned. And I've lived, worked and loved D.C. politics and media since I was 18 years old. In the years since, I've toiled on the Hill, at the State Department, in the Bush 43 administration, and for the Washington bureaus of two TV network news divisions. I've also counted chads in the Florida recount, run for my life from the Capitol on ...
Stimulus in the Age of Viagra
By David Knowles - Politics DailyWhen it comes to stimulus, the massive plan to resurrect the nation's flaccid economy, and the diamond-shaped blue pill used to reinvigorate nether regions of Bob Dole's anatomy have a lot in common. The economic package to be unveiled by Barack Obama upon his arrival at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is predicated on a similar premise as the taking of Pfizer pharmaceutical's miracle pill, namely, lift-off ain't gonna happen on its own.There is near-consensus in Washington that we must use artificial means to pump life into our moribund economy. All that people really argue over these days is the ...
McCain Vs. the New York Times
By Dave - Politics DailySounds like McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt has had it. The Obama campaign's response, apparently, is to compare Schmidt with Bob Dole who in 1996, when he had had it with the liberal media had his own moment: ...
McAuliffe: McClellan is Wrong
By Dave - Politics DailyMcAuliffe tells it like it is on the Scott McClellan kiss and tell: I would also say, and I gotta add a personal thing, I never like it when someone works for someone and then comes out and writes a book trashing them. I just think that is, I don't care if it is politics or life, if he was that upset about everything, he should have quit. Remember Gerald Ford's press secretary quit when he disagreed with pardoning, Ford pardoning Nixon. If you don't agree, then get out. And I just, I find it abhorrent the way these people come out and write books about their boss. It made 'em money, it made ...
Dole Gets Dander Up
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyPolitico has obtained an e-mail sent yesterday from Bob Dole to Scott McClellan. Dole empties both barrels at McClellan, calling him, among other things, a "miserable creature." The former senator and presidential candidate isn't generally known as a firebrand politician, although he has come under fire for his temper before in the press. When he gets fired up, he gets fired up. He has a reputation for sharp wit, and as Jonathan Martin notes, he was in rare form in the e-ssault. Here's an excerpt from Politico: "In my nearly 36 years of public service I've known of a few like you," Dole ...
Dean Says Age an Issue
By Dave - Politics DailyHoward Dean signalled that the Democrats big Mac attack may be most effective if they focus on his age: Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Thursday that swing voters participating in focus groups commissioned by the D.N.C. bring up John McCain's age unprompted. "We didn't bring it up, but they volunteered it," said Dean who explained that voters have two concerns about McCain's age. "One was a health concern, the other was, and this is really interesting . . . that his views are old-fashioned." But he also recognizes that using the age issue is tricky, both ethically ...
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