#president

The cost of congressional and presidential campaigns has been leaping every two or four years. I think this year it will be 60 percent more than 1996; well over twice as much as in 1992 in the presidential and congressional races. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#campaigns #congressional #cost #every #four

I'm done with my job. It was my job to be the advocate and spokesman for the President of the United States. ↗

— Scott McClellan

#done #i #job #president #spokesman

The president feels not only do we need to change these rogue regimes, but even our friendly allies, who really basically have, sort of, benign dictatorships, need to get with the program if they want to have long-term security and prosperity from terrorism. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#basically #benign #change #dictatorships #even

I'm one of those that believes you can't be one kind of a man and another kind of president. ↗

— Phil McGraw

#believes #i #kind #man #president

Anyone weighing whether to re-elect the President should take the bin Laden operation into account: it is a powerful exhibit that Obama is a steely Commander in Chief - a critical test for many Americans. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#anyone #bin #chief #commander #critical

From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. We'll all be much saner, I think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#affection #certain #day #enormous #every

Here is a pretty good rule of thumb for Democratic Presidents: if it didn't work for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won four terms and a World War, it probably won't work for you either. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#either #four #franklin #good #here

Incumbent White House parties have won 10 of the last 18 presidential elections; the odds are tight, but they favor Obama in 2012. And so gloomy Democrats, check your despair; gleeful Republicans, watch the hubris. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#democrats #despair #elections #favor #gloomy

President Obama is now losing to 'Republican Nominee' in polls - no name needed. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#name #needed #nominee #now #obama

Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential greatness. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#greatness #presidential #reagan #republican