#obama

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. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#children #even #feels #his #hope

One of Obama's most impressive attributes is his quiet confidence: Voters sense that he is comfortable in his own skin, a dedicated father and friend who won't waste time with the phony rituals of Washington. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#comfortable #confidence #dedicated #father #friend

White House operatives went to great lengths to show Obama shifting focus from wars abroad to domestic issues at home. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#domestic #focus #great #home #house

Republicans would have preferred the court overturn the health care bill, an act that would have underscored Obama's biggest liability - the perception among voters, including those who like and trust him, that he has been ineffective. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#among #been #biggest #bill #care

Romney and Democratic rival President Obama have led their partisan backers down a trail of lies, negativity and vacuous policies that seem certain to guarantee an angry electorate four more years of gridlock. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#backers #certain #democratic #down #electorate

Since declaring that she would not serve in a second Obama administration, Clinton has dismissed suggestions that she will run in 2016. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#clinton #declaring #dismissed #obama #obama administration

The deck is stacked against Obama. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#deck #obama #stacked

The fact that Obama is getting criticism from the left and the right might reflect his understanding of the underlying political dynamics. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#dynamics #fact #getting #his #left

Lincoln would love the fact that Obama is such a great conciliator, trying to transcend ideology. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#great #ideology #lincoln #love #obama

The only people who live in a post-black world are four people who live in a little white house on Pennsylvania Avenue. The idea that America is post-racial or post-black because a man I admire, Barack Obama, is president of the United States, is a joke. And I hope no one will even wonder about this crazy fiction again. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#admire #again #america #avenue #barack