AOL News has a new home! The Huffington Post.
Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Hot on HuffPost:
Walker Recall Effort Struggles To Gain Momentum
Controversial Book On Obama Appears To Have Lifted Key Quote
ScooterLibby
Dick Cheney Reportedly to Take Aim at George Bush in New Book
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyDick Cheney will reportedly criticize former President George W. Bush in his memoir of their two terms in the White House. Cheney is expected to give detailed accounts of his arguments with the president in the book, an unprecedented move by a former vice president, especially one known for his loyalty and confidential counsel. ...
Bush and Cheney's Relationship Was Strained at End of Term
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyAfter eight years working together as possibly the closest president and vice president in U.S. history, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney left the White House in January barely on speaking terms over Bush's decision not to pardon Lewis "Scooter" Libby. According to a fascinating article in Time magazine piecing together the final days of the administration, the vice president pushed so hard against an unwilling Bush to pardon former Cheney staffer Libby that their relationship was strained to the breaking point. ...
Bush Promises Not to Attack Obama, Leaves that Job to Cheney
By David Knowles - Politics DailyFrom Politico, comes word of an auditory truce:Getting two standing ovations at his first speech since leaving office, former President George W. Bush said that if President Obama wants help, "he can pick up the phone and call." Otherwise, Bush said: "He deserves my silence.""There's plenty of critics in the arena," Bush told a crowd in Calgary, Canada. "I think it's time for the ex-president to tap dance off the stage and let the current president have a go at solving the world's problems. If he wants my help and I agree with him, I'll give it."Speaking for myself here, I'd like to thank the ...
Sean Penn to Star as Valerie Plame's Husband
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyFresh off of his Best Actor Oscar win for Milk, and attendant politically tinged acceptance speech, Sean Penn has been slated to play Joe Wilson, husband of outed CIA agent Valerie Plame. The Daily Beast has an exclusive on the story:Sean Penn just signed on to play Joe Wilson in Fair Game, the movie version of outed CIA agent Valerie Plame's memoir. In a Daily Beast exclusive, Jeffrey Ressner got a hold of the script and shares his juiciest notes.Before we get to the juiciest notes, which are NSFW, I have to say a few things. First of all, I would normally say that Penn playing the husband of ...
10 White House Guests Who Displaced The Obamas
By Tommy Christopher and Caleb Howe - Politics DailyAs Tommy reported yesterday, the First Family-Elect requested to move into the Blair House early so the children wouldn't miss two weeks of school. However, the request was denied by the White House on the grounds that the guest house is full. Makes you wonder what important figures have the place locked down. Tommy and Caleb have a few ideas about the guests at the Blair House who simply can't be replaced by the Obamas. Read on to see them all. ...
CIA Leak Case Ends with Federal Court Denial
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe famed CIA leak case, in which Valerie Plame's identity was allegedly revealed by top Bush Administration officials to punish her anti-war husband, Joseph Wilson, came to an end yesterday as a federal judge refused to reinstate the personal lawsuit filed by the Wilsons against Vice-President Cheney, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, and other Administration officials. Judge John D. Bates ruled that Administration efforts to rebut criticism of their Iraq War policy from Wilson were within the scope of their duties as public officials."The alleged means by which defendants chose to rebut Mr. Wilson's ...
McClellan to Testify in Leak Case Hearing
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyHaving conquered the media adoration circuit, the Scott McClellan book tour winds its way up to Capitol Hill next week, for an appearance before the House Judiciary Committee to testify in a hearing into the Valerie Plame leak case. Not content to let the conclusions of a Federal prosecutor or the admission of the actual leaker be the final word on the subject, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) wants the former White House Press Secretary to testify about the role of top White House Officials, including Vice-President Dick Cheney, in potentially misleading the public about ...
Waxman Revisits Plame Saga
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyHouse Oversight and Government Reform Committee Henry Waxman wants to look into the Valerie Plame outing, citing a disclosure Scooter Libby made to the FBI in which Libby indicated to investigators that he may have been instructed by Vice President Dick Cheney to out Plame. Waxman wants the FBI to turn over records of an interview they conducted with Cheney during the course of the investigation that ended with the conviction Libby for perjury and the subsequent commutation of his sentence by President Bush. In a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Waxman said that recent revelations ...
McClellan: Rove Should Have Been Fired
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyScott McClellan continues his penance/book tour, and each day brings another reason why he's probably off the White House Christmas list. On "Meet The Press," McClellan said he believed Karl Rove and Scooter Libby when they told him they had nothing to do with outing Valerie Plame as a CIA agent. When it became clear that the men were probably involved, McClellan said President Bush should have fired them.The former press secretary said the president let standards for "honor and integrity" continually slip to meet his needs and protect his friends. See for yourself: ...
McClellan: Bush Authorized NIE Leak
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyBeam me up, Scotty! There's no accountability down here!Former Bush Press Secretary Scott McClellan laid it out on The Today Show, and while it is a bombshell revelation, it's also a lot like the first time your parents, when reached for comment, issued a statement that there was, indeed, no Santa Claus.Here's the video, followed by very brief comment. ...
Follow Politics Daily
POPULAR
- Nancy Pelosi Confirms House May Skip Up or Down Vote on Senate Health Bill
- Debrahlee Lorenzana: A Double Take on Those Double D's
- Campbell Brown Quits CNN With Shockingly Frank Farewell
- Palin Earnings Estimated at $12 Million
- The Five Most Racist Obama Cartoons?
- Soraya M., Stoned to Death for Being an "Inconvenient Wife''
- Jimmy Carter Leaves Church Over Treatment of Women
- No posts are available.
News From Our Partners
- Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st
- Picking new leader, Egyptians search for superman
- Egyptians vote in first free presidential vote
- Moon chips from Vegas casino mogul sent to NASA
- Egyptians vote to rid nation of autocratic rule
- More Stories »
- 'Masters of the Universe' Sure Have Fragile Egos
- Romney: My Mistakes 'Haunt Me'
- Newt Lauds Romney: He's Like Eisenhower
- Irked Senate Panel Votes 30-0 to Cut Pakistan Aid
- GSA Bash Organizer Steps Down
- More Stories »
- Know Your Enemy
- Obama’s Challenge in Egypt
- The Edwards Waiting Game
- Are Doctors Doing Too Much?
- The Pagan Cult of Reagan
- More Stories »
- Ambition Counteracting Ambition
- Robert Blagojevich Speaks Out
- In Iowa, Obama Calls Romney's Words 'A Cow Pie of Distortion'
- In Iowa, Obama Calls On Congress to Act on Clean Energy Tax Credits
- Romney Has Interesting Morning in Inner-City Philly
- More Stories »
- Romney Challenged on How Much Class Size Matters
- Panetta Calls Pakistan Doctor's Treason Sentence 'Disturbing'
- Leon Panetta on Possible Iran Strike: We Have Plans for Everything
- Panetta Dismisses Romney's Afghanistan Criticism
- Leon Panetta: 'Nothing Inappropriate' Shared With Bin Laden Filmmakers
- More Stories »
Top News
More News
More on Aol
Local News
More Blog/Sites
Sites and Services
HuffPost Politics