Freedom Writing (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... over fierce ideologues." He has expressed his admiration for legislators like Mansfield and Howard Baker, and he has been open in his criticism of Reid. Mansfield had to negotiate some choppy waters during his years as majority leader, and he took positions opposing the Vietnam War and supporting civil rights that weren't always popular. But he knew how to work with...
Nashville for the 21st Century (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... In his article, Erickson trashed popular Republican officials like Lamar Alexander and Howard Baker, saying : For the longest time Tennessee has elected squishy moderates state wide. Howard Baker was conservative, but in a “compromise his mother to advance his goal” sort of way. Arguably Lamar Alexander is even worse, refusing to do anything that does not...
RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
I write this week from New Orleans, where I am participating in the Bipartisan Policy Center's Inaugural Political Summit, organized by Tom Daschle, Howard Baker and Bob Dole and hosted by Mary Matalin and James Carville. The conference has assembled about 20 top Democratic and Republican political strategists and operatives and has asked us to assess how we might take the poison out...
Liberadio(!) (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... In his article, Erickson trashed popular Republican officials like Lamar Alexander and Howard Baker, saying: For the longest time Tennessee has elected squishy moderates state wide. Howard Baker was conservative, but in a “compromise his mother to advance his goal” sort of way. Arguably Lamar Alexander is even worse, refusing to do anything that does not advance bipartisanship,...
MyDD (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... obstructionism is one of the reasons he bolted the party earlier this year.) During the time when Howard Baker was Senate Majority Leader, Specter recalled, the Senate would be held open in all-night sessions until the business before the chamber was completed, forcing those in the opposition to actually filibuster rather than merely threaten it. Asked whether it would be worth it...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
About the Bipartisan Policy Center: In 2007, former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell formed the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) to develop and promote solutions that can attract the public support and political momentum to achieve real progress. The BPC acts as an incubator for policy efforts that engage top political figures, advocates,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
About the Bipartisan Policy Center: In 2007, former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell formed the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) to develop and promote solutions that can attract the public support and political momentum to achieve real progress. The BPC acts as an incubator for policy efforts that engage top political figures, advocates,...
Mayerson on Animation (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
The new issue of Flip is out, featuring an interview with Howard Baker, a director who does straight-to-DVD features for budgets as low as $3 million. That's an area that's very interesting to me and one that I think has potential for different kinds of films. However, the real surprise was his reel. At 7:50, you can see a clip from the canceled Disney feature Wild Life . I have no idea...
Political Activity Law (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Al Hunt’s “Letter from Washington” discusses the Podestas and John Roos. In Tokyo, John Roos, a Silicon Valley lawyer, is occupying the post once held by such distinguished statesmen as Edwin Reischauer, Mike Mansfield, Walter Mondale and Howard Baker. The new ambassador to Tokyo’s chief credential: He was a big fund-raiser for Mr. Obama’s presidential campaign....
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
The Community Brainstorming Conference is giving its 20th annual James Howard Baker Award on Saturday to Michael Bonds, president of the Milwaukee School Board. Vel Phillips, vice chairwoman of the conference, said the award is a way of showing appreciation to Bonds for making a stand for Milwaukee Public Schools to remain independent. Gov. Jim Doyle, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and state...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
... once held by such distinguished statesmen as Edwin Reischauer, Mike Mansfield, Walter Mondale and Howard Baker. The new ambassador to Tokyo’s chief credential: He was a big fund-raiser for Mr. Obama’s presidential campaign. On Capitol Hill, ethics charges languish against Democrats like Representative Charles Rangel, the Ways and Means Committee chairman from New York, and against...
Cup Of Joe Powell (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... political machine has dipped its big toe into state races only very rarely. The moderate Howard Baker-type conservatism that had long defined Tennessee Republicanism has been slowly dying, and the harder stuff has been growing in its place. The moderates seem to be trying to rectify that with Bill Haslam's gubernatorial campaign. Haslam is a true moderate — more so than either...
Red State (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
We have a lot of readers and fans in Tennessee (not to mention Leon) and after reading this article by A.C. Kleinheider I think it is time for all of us nationally to focus a bit on Tennessee. For the longest time Tennessee has elected squishy moderates state wide. Howard Baker was conservative, but in a “compromise his mother to advance his goal” sort of way. Arguably Lamar...
California Conservative (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
... Mac Mathias and Lowell Weicker. You have responsible Republicans who had been in the Senate like Howard Baker and Bob Dole and Bill Frist who say Republicans ought to cooperate. Well, they’re not cooperating. Bob Dole reportedly wouldn’t even return a telephone call from a Republican leader who wanted him, who wanted him to back off. Take a look at the absence of any Republican plan....
The Reaction (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... of obstructionism. … You have responsible Republicans who had been in the Senate -- like Howard Baker, Bob Dole, or Bill Frist -- who say Republicans ought to cooperate. Well, they're not cooperating. No they're not, and, despite various grovelling Democratic attempts to reach out to them in hopes of forging a bipartisan reform package, they haven't been interested in compromise...
