[Bush may cling to his belief that the market's woes won't affect the basic soundness of the economy, but he knows from his father's experience that politicians who don't appear to take voters' pocketbook fears seriously pay for their callousness at the polls.] This President is acutely aware of the impact of the economy, both on regular Americans and on Presidents, ... Americans fundamentally understand a President can't move the markets, but they want to be assured that he cares about it and is doing all he can. |
Both campaigns did all they could do. I think both sides will say we both went out swinging and we didn't leave anything on the field. |
Clinton helped create a values election. |
Conventional wisdom may be upside-down. The economy is always an issue, but I think . . . it has to be viewed in different terms. The Gore camp will try to take credit for the economy. I don't think the voters see it that way. |
I feel like a woolly mammoth. |
I get zero sense of that. This is an administration and a president that are like the Marines -- they're used to taking the beach, they're used to getting shelled. But they dig in and they do their jobs. |
I think Karl is right back in the middle of the picture, and will be for the foreseeable future. |
I'm from Chicago. I'm a little more biased. I like the United Center. I like the convenience of the downtown area. |
I've never seen the president burdened by the presidency. He's built to deal with really big events. It's in his DNA. |
It's like the Tour de France without Lance. |
It's one thing to talk about your plan to rebuild the military, but by using the innocence of a child, playing innocence off of war, it created a powerful message emotionally, ... The best way to communicate anything is emotional. |
People are really hungry for change, and we need to give them something to hang that change on. The picture of what they don't like is in their minds; what they want to see is the alternative. |
That is the president's signature issue, and on that issue, there is no stronger supporter than John McCain. |
The public will see that partisan axes are being ground. |
There's no question the president's legacy will be dominated by Iraq. The war is really driving almost everything in government. |