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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!LOS ANGELES (April 26) -- The late historian Stephen E. Ambrose rose to fame on the strength of an authorized biography that he claimed included details from "hundreds of hours" of interviews with former President Dwight David Eisenhower. But Richard Rayner, a writer for The New Yorker, reports today that during his research Ambrose apparently had only limited access to Eisenhower, and that archived datebooks and other records conflict with some of the times Ambrose claimed he had sat down with the former five-star general. Bill Haber, AP New revelations suggest the late historian Stephen ...
It's a rare day when liberals and conservatives agree on anything in Washington anymore, but when it comes to assessing President Obama, the conventional wisdom from right and left has coalesced into a similar story line: He's heading south, and his plummeting poll numbers and the fate of three statewide Democratic candidates who've run -- and lost -- since he took office proves it. Historical context, however, suggests an alternative view: namely, that other presidents confronted by similar tribulations facing the 44th president of the United States have also seen their popularity decline. ...
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