Ron Fournier Quotes - Page 2

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• Somebody must be up and somebody must be down. Trouble is, campaigns are messy, subtle creatures that don't follow convenient narratives.

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  Campaigns, Narrative, Trouble

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• Like a cowboy saddling a bucking stallion, Republican leaders tried to tame the Tea Party while riding it to victories.

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  Party, Cowboy, Leader

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• If acknowledging that racial misgivings and misunderstandings are still a part of politics and life in America, I plead guilty.

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  America, Guilty, Misgivings

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• Election night is the easiest time to act like a grownup.

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  Night, Election, Grownups

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• Clearly, the Obama presidency hasn't wiped out racial prejudices.

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  Prejudice, Racial Prejudice, Presidency

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• Mandates are rarely won on election night. They are earned after Inauguration Day by leaders who spend their political capital wisely, taking advantage of events without overreaching.

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  Night, Leader, Political

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• A concrete agenda and landslide victory might not even guarantee a president his mandate in a capital as polarized as Washington.

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  Victory, President, Guarantees

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

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  Jobs, People, Presidential

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• For a man who has compared himself to Theodore Roosevelt and the nation's challenges to those of the Gilded Age, Obama put forward a tepid agenda.

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  Men, Challenges, Age

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• According to a Public Policy Polling survey, most Americans find lice and colonoscopies more appealing than Capitol Hill.

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  Lice, Hills, Capitol Hill

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• Although we were never pals and occasionally butted heads, my relationship with Clinton and his wife, Hillary, made me a better journalist.

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  Wife, Pals, Clinton

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• Anything may be possible in America, but a Palin presidency is virtually implausible.

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  America, May, Palin

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• Every now and then, a presidential candidate surprises us with a truly human and honest moment.

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  Presidential, Honest, Surprise

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• Don't underestimate questions from the crowd; technology has made voters more informed than ever.

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  Technology, Crowds, Voters

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• Blending hard-bitten realism with long-view optimism, Obama said that every 20 or 30 years brings a new cycle of pessimism in America.

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  Views, Years, America

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• At his best, Obama promised to work with Republicans to reduce the deficit in a way that honors both individualism and community.

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  Community, Honor, Way

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• Anything can go wrong in a debate, and Obama is not a perfect debater.

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  Perfect, Debate

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• Sitting in the Oval Office, beneath a painting of George Washington, with a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. over his right shoulder and a bust of Abraham Lincoln over his left shoulder, Obama told 'National Journal' that the country's economic woes are deep and endemic.

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  Country, Kings, Office

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• Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is the most influential woman in Washington - for what she has accomplished and for what she may yet do: win the presidency.

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  Winning, May, Influential

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• Say what you want to say about the rest of his presidency, including his tone-deaf response to Katrina and a war waged in Iraq on false pretenses, Bush connected with Americans in the aftermath of 9/11 because he looked as frail and unforgiving as we felt.

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  War, Iraq, Aftermath

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• President George W. Bush won reelection in 2004 largely because he was seen as comfortable in his own skin, while rival John Kerry was viewed as a flip-flopping opportunist.

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  Skins, President, Reelection

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• 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?

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  America, Community, President

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• 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.

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  Lying, Years, Negativity

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• Don't stigmatize in a rush to explain inexplicable evil.

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  Evil, Inexplicable

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• In times of tumult, voters are likely to forgive a president, if not reward him, for compromises made in service of solutions.

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  Forgiving, President, Voters

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