Ron Fournier Quotes

It's a bit unfair to accuse Obama of dividing the nation when the facts show that it already is.
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Nation, Show, Unfair

It's a deft trick to turn American exceptionalism into an exceptional political tactic.
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Political, American, Turn

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

Most Tea Party activists consider Obama a big-spending liberal. Some even question his eligibility to be president.
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Question, President, Liberal

Obama ran a hard-edged and negative campaign against Romney, hoping to convince recession-weary voters that his rival was unworthy of the job.
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Job, Negative, Against

Obama shows no sign of easing up on negativity.
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Negativity, Shows, Sign

Obama will learn from his mistakes.
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Mistakes, Learn, Obama

Palin seems to have forgotten that her poll ratings have plummeted since the summer of 2011.
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Her, Since, Seems

Perhaps we should wait until his second term begins before carving Barack Obama's face in Mount Rushmore. Is that asking too much?
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Before, Wait, Until

Political reporters and political professionals rushed to judgment against Romney because we crave clear, unambiguous story lines.
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Political, Against, Story

Since declaring that she would not serve in a second Obama administration, Clinton has dismissed suggestions that she will run in 2016.
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She, Since, Second

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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Down, Trouble, Somebody

The deck is stacked against Obama.
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Against, Obama, Deck

The fact that Obama is getting criticism from the left and the right might reflect his understanding of the underlying political dynamics.
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Political, Fact, Getting

Voters don't have to love him, Romney advisers say, but they will respect him.
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Love, Respect, Him

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt faced adversities that, in their times, seemed impregnable. Great presidents overcome great odds.
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Great, Times, Overcome

We're living in an era of unprecedented change, and I want to be a part of documenting it.
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Change, Living, Era

White House operatives went to great lengths to show Obama shifting focus from wars abroad to domestic issues at home.
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Great, Home, Focus

With gridlock the norm, Congress's approval rating is below 10 percent and the public has lost faith in its national leadership.
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Faith, Leadership, Lost

Hollywood has a history of raising expectations beyond Washington's reach, of appealing to the very American desire to mythologize political leaders, particularly the president.
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History, Political, American

The 2016 presidential election is ripe for the emergence of a game-changing political leader who either dramatically reforms one of the existing parties or mounts an independent bid.
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Political, Leader, Election

A sagging economy, a soaring national debt, and an increasingly restive Congress pushed Obama to order troop reductions that are both deeper and faster than recommended by his military commanders.
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Both, Debt, Congress

Andrew Jackson was the first president to claim that the desires of the public overrode Congress's constitutional prerogatives. Virtually every president since Jackson has claimed the mantle, even while lacking two ingredients of an electoral mandate: a landslide victory and a specific agenda.
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Two, Victory, While

AP promoted me to the White House beat because I knew Clinton, his family, friends, and staff better than anybody in the national press corps. Those contacts helped me break a few stories and get my career in Washington jump-started.
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Family, Career, Friends

'Argo,' 'Lincoln,' and 'Zero Dark Thirty,' three films honored with Best Picture Oscar nominations, lionize their Washington-anchored protagonists as crafty, competent, and virtually incorruptible.
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Best, Dark, Picture

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Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: 1963

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