In his essay on President Obama’s first term, James Fallows dismisses Obama’s conceit that he would prefer to be “a really good one-term” president than a “mediocre” president who served two terms. “The reality,” Fallows writes, “is that our judgment about ‘really good’ and ‘mediocre’ presidents is colored by how long they serve. A failure to win reelection places a ‘one-term loser’ asterisk on even genuine accomplishments. Ask George H. W. Bush, victor in the Gulf War; ask Jimmy Carter, architect of the Camp David agreement.” Read full article > >

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Ezra Klein: With a second term go Obama’s accomplishments

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Jimmy Carter and Simon & Schuster over his 2006 book, “Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid.”

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ArtsBeat: Class Action Suit Filed Against Jimmy Carter Book

A group of elder statesmen, including Jimmy Carter, calls for a fresh approach for the Mid-East peace process after US efforts suffer a major setback.

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Elders seek new Mid-East process

Jimmy Carter’s White House Diary looks like a page turner by comparison. Matt Drudge appears to have scored an early copy of George W. Bush’s memoir, Decision Points, though if his preview is any indication, the book’s a snooze: Sections that Drudge…

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First Glimpse at Bush’s Memoir

Former President Jimmy Carter predicted that Republicans’ obstructionist ways should change — and President Barack Obama’s reelection prospects could improve — after next week’s midterm elections.

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Carter on Obama’s re-election odds

With Barack Obama restoring solar panels to the White House roof — the first were put there by Jimmy Carter — will Carter’s cardigan sweater be reprised? The panels — environmentalism as a didactic gesture — are evidence of a ’70s revival.

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The Democratic vision of Big Brother

Promoting his new book, Jimmy Carter, whose version of Christianity allows ample scope for what some Christians consider the sin of pride, has been doing something at which he has had long practice — praising himself. He is, he says, “probably superior” to all other ex-presidents , and would have…

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November election results will vindicate or undercut Obama

President Obama will install solar panels on the White House’s living quarters in spring 2011. He’s not the first president to paint the White House green: Jimmy Carter installed a solar water heater, and George W. Bush installed solar systems in the…

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White House to Go Solar

The Obama administration will announce plans for a solar array on the roof and the approval of two solar collection systems in the California desert.

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White House Unveils Solar Initiatives

Former President Jimmy Carter left a hospital in Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday afternoon after spending two days recovering from a gastric viral infection.

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Jimmy Carter released from hospital

Former President Jimmy Carter was hospitalized Tuesday in Cleveland, Ohio, for an upset stomach, the Carter Center said in a statement.

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Former President Jimmy Carter complained on a flight to Cleveland that he felt sick, and was taken to a hospital when the plane landed, an airport official said.

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Jimmy Carter Taken Ill in Cleveland

Former President Jimmy Carter was taken to Cleveland’s Metro Health Hospital on Tuesday. The 39th U.S. president was en route to Cleveland via plane when he became airsick, according to CBS News. A public information officer for Cleveland Hopkins…

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Former President Jimmy Carter is leaving North Korea Friday with a U.S. citizen who’s been held there since January, according to the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Carter wins release of American from North Korea