Obama won the presidency on the strength of his message and the skills of the messenger. Now the talk of hope and change feels out of tune when so many Americans are out of work, over-mortgaged, and worried that life will be even tougher for their children.

He stayed there for another two years before joining the Little Rock bureau of the AP in 1989. Fournier received some criticism from commentator Glenn Greenwald for behaving in a "petulant" manner and for his policy on anonymity for sources. Career
Fournier began his journalism career in 1985 at The Sentinel-Record in Hot Springs Arkansas.

1963) is an American national political journalist currently of the National Journal. Ron Fournier (b.