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By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyRobert A. Mosbacher, the Texas oilman who served as commerce secretary under President George H.W. Bush and was a GOP booster for fifty years, died Sunday in Houston of pancreatic cancer. He was 82. The Houston Chronicle, in its obituary, called Mosbacher "perhaps the Republican Party's greatest fundraiser." Mosbacher, who was friends with the first President Bush since the early 1960s, raised money for Bush's congressional races, directed his successful run for the White House and included him in lucrative business deals, according to the Chronicle. Mosbacher served in the ...
Top 5 Candidates for Secretary of Commerce
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyIn light of Judd Gregg's withdrawal as the 2nd nominee for Secretary of Commerce, I thought it would be helpful to the President if I put together a list of potential replacements.I think the process so far has really pointed up what is truly important in a nominee. Bill Richardson was eminently qualified, but had to bow out due to a "distracting" grand jury investigation. Judd Gregg was a good bipartisan choice, but turned out to be more unipartisan than he'd thought. It seems clear that this next pick needs to accomplish something other than those two goals. Here are my choices:5 - Shelley ...
Barack Obama Compares Bill Richardson to a Dog
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyPresident-Elect Barack Obama appeared on ABC's This Week (not Meet the Press, as formerly noted) today, discussing a wide range of issues that I'll get to later, but there was a quote right at the end that jumped out at me:STEPHANOPOULOS: What kind of a dog are we getting and when are we getting it? OBAMA: The -- they seem to have narrowed it down to a labradoodle or a Portuguese water hound. OK, I gotta cut in here. I know you're The One, and all, but you can't just make dogs up out of thin air. What the hell is a labradoodle? And a Portuguese water hound? Sure, and why not get a Lithuanian ...
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