#resident

If Mr. Obama wants to get things done, he must recognize that in Washington only the president has the power to make the first big move. ↗

— Ari Fleischer

#done #first #get #make #move

When you're bringing in a fairly unknown candidate challenging a sitting president, the population needs a lot more information than reduced coverage provides. ↗

— Walter Cronkite

#candidate #challenging #coverage #fairly #information

When President George W. Bush cut taxes, he cut them for everyone. ↗

— Ari Fleischer

#cut #everyone #george #george w #president

A presidential debate is a job interview. And voters look for certain traits in people applying to be president. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#certain #debate #interview #job #look

Barack Obama won a second term but no mandate. Thanks in part to his own small-bore and brutish campaign, victory guarantees the president nothing more than the headache of building consensus in a gridlocked capital on behalf of a polarized public. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#barack obama #behalf #brutish #building #campaign

Don't kid yourself. President Obama's decision to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan before he stands for reelection is not driven by the United States' 'position of strength' in the war zone as much as it is by grim economic and political realities at home. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#before #decision #driven #economic #grim

President Obama is casting his lot in the middle of a debate as old as America itself: Are we rugged individualists pulling ourselves up by the bootstraps? Or are we a nation of community, all connected and counting on one another? ↗

— Ron Fournier

#another #bootstraps #casting #community #connected

I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man. ↗

— Charlton Heston

#enough #geniuses #i #man #played

I have very real concerns about the civil liberties implications of ultimately requiring every resident to submit themselves for compulsory fingerprinting or some other biometric test. ↗

— Patricia Hewitt

#civil #civil liberties #compulsory #concerns #every

I'm happy with the vote and the support. I'm very glad that it is so decisive. It will enable me to be a president for all of the people. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#enable #glad #happy #i #me