Cookies fit for the White House?In predicting presidential races, the great cookie cook-off is three for three. The cook-off began in 1992, when Democrat Bill Clinton ran against Republican George H.W. Bush Noun 1. George H.W. Bush - vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924) George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush, George Bush, Bush . During the campaign, Clinton's wife, Hillary Clinton, defended her career outside the home by saying, "I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies." To placate homemakers, she accepted a baking challenge from Family Circle magazine and her oatmeal chocolate chips beat Barbara Bush's chocolate chips in a reader survey. In 1996, Clinton's recipe defeated Elizabeth Dole's pecan roll cookies. In 2000, Laura Bush topped Tipper Gore's ginger snaps with her Texas Governor's Mansion The Texas Governor's Mansion was constructed in 1856 near the Texas State Capitol of the time in Austin, Texas. It has stood continuously at the site and been the home of every governor since 1856, making it the oldest continuously-inhabited house in Texas. Chocolate Cowboy cookies. This year's challenger is the pumpkin spice cookie Noun 1. spice cookie - cookie flavored with spices cookie, cooky, biscuit - any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term) offered by Teresa Heinz Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões-Ferreira Heinz Kerry (born October 5, 1938) is an American philanthropist, the widow of the late U.S. Senator H. John Heinz III, and the wife of Senator John Kerry. Kerry, wife of Democrat John Kerry  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. . But there's controversy. Heinz Kerry recently disavowed her recipe: "Somebody at my office gave that recipe out.... I don't like pumpkin spice cookies." Results of the contest are due next month.
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