“Bob Dole” on The Daily Caller

It was a good weekend for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on the endorsement front, as he won the backing of 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole as well as Iowa’s largest newspaper. (more)

ORLANDO, FL – Florida Governor Rick Scott took center stage at Florida’s Presidency 5 to lay out his criteria for the eventual Republican presidential nominee. In front of the state’s more than 3,000 delegates, Scott didn’t mention any of the presidential candidates by name, but he did make clear what voters should look for heading into the Florida straw poll. (more)

Former Republican presidential nominee and elder party-man, former Sen. Bob Dole is pushing for a candidate who has remained largely outside of discussions relating to the current presidential sweepstakes: General David Petraeus. (more)

One by one, conservatives are expressing their displeasure in the way Speaker of the House John Boehner is leading the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives. Conservative talker Mark Levin has expressed his frustration on a nightly basis in recent weeks. (more)

1.) FCIC dissenters defend bailing out Wall Street — Two reports will come out of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission today. The one written by the panel’s liberal majority will blame lax regulation and the banking industry for the collapse of the housing industry. The other, written by commissioners Bill Thomas, a former Republican congressman from California, Keith Hennessey, former chairman of the White House National Economic Council under President George W. Bush, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former director of the Congressional Budget Office, spreads the blame more broadly among “investors, creditors, regulators, homebuyers, and politicians,” all of whom must take “personal responsibility.” The dissenters also defended bailing out Wall Street: “For a policymaker, the calculus is simple: if you bail out AIG and you’re wrong, you will have wasted taxpayer money and provoked public outrage,” the paper reads. “If you don’t bail out AIG and you’re wrong, the global financial system collapses. It should be easy to see why policymakers favored action–there was a chance of being wrong either way, and the costs of being wrong without action were far greater than the costs of being wrong with action.” Thank goodness we didn’t destabilize the global financial system, which might have led to really scary stuff, like high unemployment. (more)

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole has been released from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington for the second time in less than a week. (more)

Fact or fiction: The 1990s government shutdown caused the Republican nominee Bob Dole to lose the election against President Bill Clinton? (more)

Full story: That Presidential Look – Ricochet.com (more)

I propose we slightly amend Martin Niemoller’s quote about standing by in silence as injustice takes place:  “Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out.”  I’m not exactly sure how to revise it but maybe something like:  “Because we didn’t go after them, it’s our fault they just kept coming at us.” (more)

After 10 months in Walter Reed Army Medical Center, former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole is looking forward to his next trip to his native Kansas. (more)

In a normal election cycle, the talk of a run for president by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie would be nothing more than table talk, idle chatter indulged with the knowledge that the Republican Party abides by traditions and rules and thus usually nominates the next candidate in line. (more)

As President Obama’s approval ratings continue to plummet, a buzz is building throughout the Beltway that gaffe-prone Vice President Joe Biden could — and perhaps should — be replaced on the 2012 presidential ticket with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. (more)

With her recent victory in the Connecticut Republican Senate primary, former wrestling CEO, Linda McMahon, can expect the litany of oh-so-predictable attacks from her Democrat opponents to continue.  There will be the mandatory wrestling references – headlines will use grappling terminology (McMahon Slams Her Opponent), and there will be the clever use of wrestling events in the place of political events (debates will be replaced by cage match references).  But the knee-jerk reaction from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) immediately following her nomination is comical at best, and shows that her opposition is – as they say in the business – green, to say the least. (more)

It took less than an hour after Linda McMahon’s triumph in the Connecticut Republican primary election for Senate Tuesday night for Democrats to throw her past as a pro wrestling CEO in her face, in a volley of attacks that is unlikely to cease until election day in November. (more)

Barack Obama rode a Twitter and Facebook infused wave of support all the way to the White House. Before the scream, Howard Dean’s net roots support propelled him to improbable frontrunner status in the 2004 Democratic primary. Even Bob Dole had a website way back in 1995. Certainly, the Internet has changed political communications. But, one key ingredient to a political campaign hasn’t changed much or adapted to the Internet age – television advertising. Given the divided nature of the country and the competitive nature of politics these days, that’s pretty noteworthy. (more)

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Sen. Richard Shelby, Alabama Republican and the ranking Republican member of the Senate Banking Committee, gave a final speech on the Senate floor Thursday in advance of the final vote to pass a financial regulation bill, which passed later in the evening. (more)

Top Republicans are gearing up for a showdown against President Obama over the health-care law, which could take place if they win majorities in Congress in November. (more)

Okay, let’s start with some self disclosure: smoke, yes; alcohol consumption, you bet; weak knees, occasionally; past illicit drug abuse, you betcha; fear of Michelle Obama, who wouldn’t be? (more)

Washington: At the risk of being erroneously labeled a “Libertarian” (capital “L”) or even a “libertarian” (small “l”), let’s get this out of the way: Ron Paul, Ron Paul, Ron Paul. Indeed he did officially if not embarrassingly win the recent CPAC presidential preference poll (what “winners” get booed?”). The only thing that could have been worse would have been Sen. John McCain winning: ugh. (more)