It has more than the usual quotient of political weight with an election coming up. The fate of his administration is so closely linked to what happens on the ground in Iraq. |
It was not a speech of surprises. |
It was not a speech of surprises. Assuming other foreign ministries have been listening, I don't what they would have learned today that they already didn't know. |
It's more likely that a president will be there -- wherever there is -- and will speak more promptly after a disaster to a very large audience, |
It's the same people who are earmarking who are telling us about the national debt and too high taxes. Someone has to show some political statesmanship. |
It's very often a good thing in a second administration, because it's difficult to bring new people in from the outside ? time is short, all the creative things have already been done. Quite often the best you are capable of doing is moving things around. |
Katrina pretty much stops his legislative agenda cold. |
Last year, he came out with a very robust agenda in the State of the Union. |
Maybe he's been ducking this one because he wants to keep his shirt clean, |
No question about it. It is overwhelmingly the issue. |
No White House aide is indispensable. |
Pataki nor any Republican can get nominated on that theme alone. He is still going to have to stand for something. |
People said it would be very hard for Eisenhower to get along without Sherman Adams, but he did, ... We quickly realized that it was Eisenhower who was running the administration all along. |
Polls are a reflection of the headlines. When the news is bad, the president's numbers go down, and when the news is good, they go up, |
Presidents never get everyone they want -- no one does. There's simply no doubt that while these are fascinating jobs and interesting times ... some people are pleased to be mentioned and happy not to accept. |