Today on the floor of the Senate, a group of conservative (and soon-to-be up-for-reelection) Senators joined forced and ignored disabled veteran, former GOP presidential nominee and former Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS), his wife, former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), advocates for disabled veterans and, you know, the other millions of disabled…
WASHINGTON — Former Republican presidential candidate and ex-Senate leader Bob Dole has been hospitalized for something that goes beyond a mere checkup, the current Senate leader Harry Reid said Tuesday. Dole, 89, is at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital outside Washington but “not for a checkup. He is there because…
Recent days have seen an unprecedented push by some of the most powerful lawmakers and opinion-shapers in the Republican party to arrest Newt Gingrich’s rise to the top of the Republican ticket this fall. Friday night on The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel recounted and provided historical context for some of…