Dan Quayle

George H.W. Bush calls Mitt Romney 'best choice' for GOP

2011-12-22 12:08:00

Former President George H.W. Bush is calling Mitt Romney the Republican Party's "best choice" in the 2012 race, the latest and perhaps most prominent statement of support for the former Massachusetts governor from the GOP establishment. Bush, in an...

Courting Jewish voters, Obama says 'no options off table' on Iran

2011-12-16 14:54:00

President Obama can't show enough love for the Jewish vote – er, community. With his approval rating among Jews down 20 points from his showing in the 2008 election -- and with Republicans eager to exploit Jewish anxieties about Obama's...

McManus: Doomsday doubters and the debt ceiling

2011-07-21 00:00:00

President Obama says that if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling by Aug. 2, the consequences will be dire. A long list of economists and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce agree. Even the Republican leader in the U.S. Senate agrees. But there's also...

'Glee' recap: Out of the flannel closet!

2011-11-30 16:35:52

You know how Sarah Palin said Paul Revere warned the British? Well, he did. Now, who looks stupid?

2011-06-06 04:36:07

Ticket Replay: Borat is liking Tweet Obama, the Biden, Pamela Anderson, no gypsies

2009-12-24 21:34:35

Brand X Files: Perseid meteor shower. Next Prop. 8 ruling due. 'Cathy' calls it quits.

2010-08-12 16:36:07

Is fake news now the standard?

2007-11-06 00:00:00

'Pat Philbin, the man who staged a fake FEMA news conference on the California wildfires last week, has lost his promotion because of the event, which begs the question: What does it actually take to get fired from FEMA?" That was the lead story on the...

McCain's debatable strategy

2008-10-16 00:00:00

John McCain faced a hard choice Wednesday evening: He could conduct his final debate with Barack Obama on the high plane of principle and risk losing the election, or he could engage in personal acrimony and risk destroying his argument that, for him,...

Vice president: a split-ticket vote?

2008-10-22 00:00:00

The question of Gov. Sarah Palin's presidential qualifications just won't go away. With the denunciations mounting, it seems likely that in a head-to-head election against the Democrats' vice presidential choice, Sen. Joe Biden, Palin would lose. And...

What's in the teen pregnancy pact's fine print?

2008-06-23 00:00:00

Today's question: Is the so-called Gloucester teen-pregnancy pact an anomaly, an indication of something wrong with modern parenting or something else? Kerry Howley and Kay Hymowitz debate the politics of children. Later this week, they'll discuss...

Biden, an impressive choice for VP

2008-08-25 00:00:00

In choosing a running mate, every presidential candidate insists that he is seeking above all someone who could serve as president at a moment's notice. Often that assertion is patently preposterous. With his choice of Joe Biden, Barack Obama can make...

Former Vice President Dan Quayle celebrates his 63rd birthday today and is still trying to figure out how to spell potato.

2013-01-23 15:09:00

Everyone's favorite ambitious journalist gave birth to baby Avery at the end of Season 4. But not everyone was thrilled.

2010-11-19 10:04:16

Palin inspires both positive and negative nicknames like few other people in modern history.

2010-03-12 06:53:28