Quayle, Dan (1947—)
Fourty-fourth U.S. vice president John Danforth Quayle was a figure of mild controversy from the time he was announced as running mate through his 1989-1993 term with Presid...
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J. Danforth Quayle (born 1947) became the second-youngest member of Congress in history when he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1976. He was the first person from the "bab...
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American politician (b. Feb. 11, 1921,
Mission, Texas
—d. May 23, 2006,
Houston, Texas
), was a longtime Democratic senator from
Texas
(1971–93) who in 1988 achieved national promin...
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Gallup polling over the past three decades shows Republican front-runners usually win their party's nomination, but Democrats do not. Some elections:1972-DemocratsFebruary 1971: Edmund Muskie, 26 p...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Senate Majority
Leader Bill Frist will join newly private equity firm Cressey &
Company LP as a partner, the firm said Tuesday, in charge of
making new investments ...
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If forced to choose to between wealth and fame, I would take wealth. Fame seems to have many more problems associated with it. If someone will be your fr...
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“We try to hide religiously. If anyone at Cerberus has his picture in the paper and a picture of his apartment, we will do more than fire that person,” said private-equity kingpin Steph...
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election in for the Brooklyn City Council seat vacated by Yvette Clarke has its first legal controversy.
District Leader Jesse Hamilton is suing Wellington Sharpe over the name of his party.
Hami...
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Americans' knowledge of national and international affairs has changed little in two decades despite the emergence of 24-hour cable news and the Internet as major news sources.People surveyed in Fe...
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Today is Saturday, May 19, the 139th day of 2007. There are 226 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 19, 1962, during a Democratic fund-raiser at New York's Madison Square Gard...
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Today is Sunday, July 29, the 210th day of 2007. There are 155 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 29, 1981, Britain's Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer in a resplend...
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New York Senator and former First Lady Hillary Clinton has officially kicked off her quest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. In typical, calculating Clinton style, she chose to make ...
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