“President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world, that was plunged into 30 years of war, into an advanced, industrialized, Western-style democracy. What we want to achieve is Afghanistan's capacity to secure and govern itself.” WorldWantShouldYearsSaidWarCountryTurnsPresidentDemocracyAchieveStyleCapacityWesternSecureAspirationRealisticAfghanistanPresident ObamaPoorest Author:David Petraeus
“With President Obama, we will move America forward.” AmericaMovingPresidentPresident Obama Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Rhetorically, President Obama is a champion of bipartisanship. In practice, though, he is almost always its enemy.” PresidentEnemyPracticeChampionPresident ObamaBipartisanship Author:Reince Priebus
“Because of President Obama's failed record on nearly every issue from the economy to the deficit to Medicare, the Obama campaign has become increasingly dirty, despicable, and desperate.” PresidentEconomyIssuesRecordsCampaignsDirtyDesperatePresident ObamaDeficitMedicareDespicableObama Campaign Author:Reince Priebus
“The Democrats' agenda isn't working for women. Their vision has produced big government and limited opportunity. Our vision is for limited government and opportunity for all. Women deserve better than what President Obama has delivered.” BigsGovernmentOpportunityPresidentVisionDeserveDemocratAgendasPresident ObamaLimited GovernmentBig GovernmentDeserve Better Author:Reince Priebus
“The last four years under President Obama have been trying and troubling for this entire country. The tired big government policies of the past have failed us. We can't afford more disappointments. We need a new direction. We need a new president.” NeedsTryingYearsHas BeensCountryBigsGovernmentLastsPastPresidentFourPolicyTiredDisappointmentPresident ObamaFour YearsBig GovernmentNew DirectionsGovernment Policy Author:Reince Priebus
“There has never been a campaign where there hasn't been sniping from the outside and second-guessing. I hear the same sometimes from the Democratic side in terms of President Obama's campaign, so that's to be expected.” SometimesSidesPresidentTermDemocraticExpectedCampaignsPresident ObamaGuessingSecond GuessingSniping Author:Rob Portman
“President Obama has been attacking relentlessly. In 2008 he said that if you're out of fresh ideas you use stale tactics against your opponent - you try and make your opponent unacceptable and that's what he is trying to do.” IfsTryingHas BeensSaidIdeasUsePresidentOpponentsPresident ObamaTacticsAttackingStaleFresh Ideas Author:Rob Portman
“Instead of focusing on growing jobs and reigniting our economy, President Obama focused on growing government and tried to remake the United States into the image of the debt-laden countries of Europe. His approach has been more spending, more regulation, and higher taxes.” Has BeensCountryStatesGovernmentJobsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesEconomyGrowingHigherTaxesApproachEuropeDebtFocusedSpendingPresident ObamaRegulationRemakes Author:Rob Portman
“President Obama likes to talk about the Buffett Rule. Well, here's a Buffett Rule that all Americans should be able to support: mom and pop businesses should not pay a higher tax rate than Fortune 500 corporations like Warren Buffett's.” ShouldWellsAblePresidentPaySupportMomHigherTaxesFortuneRatePopsLikesCorporationsPresident ObamaBuffettWarren Buffet Author:Rob Portman
“I think what people are looking for right now is not the kind of pizzazz and pop that perhaps we thought we got in 2008. Certainly, President Obama offered that. What they want now is someone who can work closely with Congress and get things done.” PeopleThinkingWantKindDonePresidentRight NowCongressPopsPresident ObamaThings DonePizzazz Author:Rob Portman
“President Obama has decided to have the United Nations review the law of Arizona. You have got to be kidding! We're now going to have countries like Cuba, Libya and Uganda sitting in judgment on Arizona's laws? Enough is enough!” CountryEnoughLawNationsPresidentUnitedJudgmentSittingDecidedReviewsPresident ObamaUnited NationsCubaArizonaLibyaUgandaEnough Is Enough Author:Russell Pearce
“And because of President Obama, more women than ever are serving in the Cabinet and on the Supreme Court.” PresidentCourtSupremeServingPresident ObamaSupreme CourtCabinets Author:Cecile Richards
“President Obama understands women. He trusts women. And on every issue that matters to us, he stands with women.” MatterPresidentIssuesPresident Obama Author:Cecile Richards
“Thanks to President Obama, being a woman will no longer be a pre-existing condition!” PresidentConditionsThanksPresident ObamaBeing A Woman Author:Cecile Richards
“As a former member of President Obama's economic team, I have a soft spot for the fiscal stimulus legislation he signed just a month after his inauguration.” PresidentTeamEconomicMonthsMembersSpotsFormerPresident ObamaLegislationStimulusInauguration Author:Christina Romer
“President Obama has repeatedly urged Congress to let the Bush tax cuts expire for those earning more than $250,000 a year. Increasing rates on top earners is an obvious way to raise revenue from those who can afford it most.” WayYearsPresidentCuttingTaxesRaisesRateCongressObviousPresident ObamaEarningRevenueTax Cuts Author:Christina Romer
“Raising the minimum wage, as President Obama proposed in his State of the Union address, tends to be more popular with the general public than with economists.” StatesPresidentUnionsAddressesPresident ObamaMinimumEconomistMinimum WageGeneral Public Author:Christina Romer
“Increased revenues, meaning higher taxes, will be a central element of any successful long-term budget plan, and President Obama is right to insist that the wealthy - the slice of America that has come through the recession in by far the best financial health - should provide those funds.” ShouldLongAmericaPresidentTermSuccessfulPlansHigherTaxesElementsFinancialBudgetsLong TermFundWealthyPresident ObamaRevenueRecessions Author:Steven Rattner
“I came to this country when I was twelve years old because my parents wanted to give me new opportunities to succeed. President Obama wants everyone to have the chances I had.” WantGivingYearsCountryWantedOpportunityParentPresidentChanceSucceedGive MePresident ObamaNew Opportunity Author:Cristina Saralegui
“President Obama is a principled man who has worked hard to put healthcare and a good education in the reach of millions of Americans and believes that everyone who works hard and plays by the rules, should have a fair shot at the American dream.” MenShouldBelieveHardPlayDreamPresidentMillionsHard WorkShotsFairsShould HavePresident ObamaHealthcareAmerican DreamGood EducationPrincipled Author:Cristina Saralegui
“Frankly that's what makes such a big difference between President Obama on one hand and Mitt Romney on the other. Gov. Romney has not walked in those shoes of the ordinary Americans and frankly I don't think he has the capacity to quite understand the struggle that the 98 percent of Americans go through every single day.” ThinkingHandsBigsPresidentDifferencesStruggleOrdinaryPercentCapacityShoesPresident ObamaRomney Author:Ken Salazar
“In my time in the U.S. Senate, I tried to craft an energy policy... I will be part of President Obama's efforts to achieve energy independence and enhance the landscape. I am also part of his reform agenda.” EnergyPresidentEffortAchievePolicyIndependenceCraftsReformLandscapeMy TimeAgendasPresident ObamaSenateEnergy PolicyEnergy Independence Author:Ken Salazar
“Our country has suffered from an on-again, off-again energy policy that has failed to get us to energy independence. As President Obama has said, we need a comprehensive energy plan for the country that includes conventional resources like oil and gas, but that also takes advantage of wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and other renewable resources.” NeedsSaidCountryEnergyPresidentPlansPolicyWindResourcesAdvantageIndependenceOilOur CountryGasPresident ObamaConventionalComprehensiveOil And GasEnergy PolicyRenewable ResourcesEnergy IndependenceBiomassGeothermal Author:Ken Salazar
“President Obama and our all-of-the-above energy strategy is the real deal. We are proud of the fact that we are importing less oil than at any time in modern history, and it has been because of the president's vision and courage.” Has BeensRealFactsEnergyPresidentDealsVisionModernProudStrategyOilPresident ObamaModern History Author:Ken Salazar
“Under President Obama's new health care law, Medicaid will become a very different health coverage program than first envisioned.” FirstsDifferentCareLawPresidentProgramHealth CarePresident ObamaCoverageMedicaidHealth Coverage Author:Fred Upton
“An imposing wall prominently divides the visions of President Obama and congressional Republicans when it comes to economic growth and creating jobs. Solyndra is on one side and the Keystone pipeline is on the other.” JobsSidesGrowthPresidentVisionEconomicWallRepublicanCreatingDividesPresident ObamaEconomic GrowthImposingPipelineKeystonesCreating JobsKeystone Pipeline Author:Fred Upton
“Giving governors more leeway in administering health care could represent a small, positive development in the ongoing saga of Obamacare. Unfortunately, instead of choosing flexibility, President Obama and his left-leaning advisers always default to rigid 'Washington knows best' answers.” KnowsGivingCareLeftPresidentAnswersDevelopmentHealth CarePresident ObamaGovernorsFlexibilityOngoingObamacareDefaultAdviserSaga Author:Fred Upton
“Again, if I was going to call Romney and the Republicans stupid, I'm certainly not going to call the Democrats and President Obama stupid.” IfsPresidentStupidRepublicanDemocratPresident ObamaRomney Author:Antonio Villaraigosa
“Look, I don't think President Obama would have bowed to the ruler of Saudi Arabia if he didn't have oil to the degree that the Saudis do. I think they and other producing states, almost all of whom, except Norway and Canada, are dictatorships or autocratic systems, have thrown their weight around because of oil.” IfsThinkingLooksStatesPresidentDegreesWeightOilCanadaThrownPresident ObamaRulersDictatorshipArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisNorway Author:R. James Woolsey, Jr.
“I'm here not just as an actress but as a woman, an African-American, a granddaughter of Ellis Island immigrants, a person who could not have afforded college without the help of student loans and as one of millions of volunteers working to re-elect President Obama!” PersonsHelpingPresidentMillionsStudentsCollegeActressesAfrican AmericanIslandsImmigrantsPresident ObamaVolunteerLoanStudent LoanGranddaughterGrand DaughterEllis Island Author:Kerry Washington
“When the entertainers of the right aren’t declaring their disgust with President Obama for groveling before foreign potentates, they’re pretending to fear him as a left-wing thug, an exemplar of what they call “the Chicago way.”” WayLeftPresidentWingsPretendingChicagoPresident ObamaDisgustingEntertainersThugLeft WingDeclaringGroveling Author:Thomas Frank
“While I'm on foreign soil, I - I just don't feel that I should be speaking about differences with regards to myself and President Obama on foreign policy, either foreign policy of the past, or for foreign policy prescriptions.” FeelsShouldPastPresidentDifferencesPolicyRegardSoilPresident ObamaForeign PolicyPrescriptions Author:Mitt Romney
“Bottom line is President Obama has said that it is a top priority of the United States of America to ensure that Iran never achieves a nuclear.” SaidStatesAmericaPresidentLinesUnitedUnited StatesAchieveBottomNuclearPrioritiesIranPresident ObamaUnited States Of AmericaBottom LineTop Priorities Author:Mitt Romney
“We have made progress from where we were when President Obama took office, when the economy - our economy had just contracted almost by nine percent.” MadePresidentEconomyProgressOfficePercentNinePresident Obama Author:Mitt Romney
“The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by still being in a dead heat with Mitt Romney. And one of the reasons that he is, is because the changing face of the electorate are giving him a small boost.” GivingStillsStatesReasonFacesPresidentPercentHeatPresident ObamaGravityApprovalRomneyRatingBoostElectorateDefyingBattlegroundApproval RatingDefying Gravity Author:Mara Liasson
“With his decision to use force against the violent extremists of the Islamic State, President Obama ... is stepping once again - and with understandably great reluctance - into the chaos of an entire civilization that has broken down. Arab civilization, such as we knew it, is all but gone. The Arab world today is more violent, unstable, fragmented and driven by extremism - the extremism of the rulers and those in opposition-than at any time since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire a century ago.” WorldStatesUseTodayForcePresidentDecisionGoneCenturyBrokenCivilizationChaosDrivenViolentIslamicOppositionEmpiresPresident ObamaCollapseRulersExtremismWorld TodayExtremistUnstableFragmentedReluctanceArab WorldBroken DownIslamic StateOttomansOttoman Empire Author:Hisham Melhem
“I could never wrap my head around why the world and the President that Republicans describe bears so little resemblance to the world and the President that I experience. And now I know why. There is a President Obama that only Republicans can see.” KnowsWorldLittlesPresidentBearsRepublicanPresident ObamaWrapsResemblance Author:Jon Stewart
“Let me just be candid: My party is full of racists. And the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competence as commander-in-chief and president, and everything to do with the color of his skin. And that's despicable.” WantRealReasonCharacterHousePresidentWhitePartyColorRacismSkinsLet MeChiefsRacistWhite HousePresident ObamaPortionsCompetenceCommandersDespicableCommander In ChiefCandid Author:Colin Powell
“I never thought we'd ever have a black president. President Obama has done such a tremendous job He just has been unable to get what he needs to be moved at the level it should be moved.” NeedsShouldHas BeensDoneJobsBlackPresidentLevelsMovedPresident Obama Author:Hank Aaron
“If 'extreme' means that I am unwilling to go to Washington, D.C., and do what President Obama tells me, then so be it. But I am certainly not going to Washington, D.C. to represent the interests of D.C. I'm going there to represent Colorado values.” IfsMeanValuesPresidentInterestExtremesPresident ObamaUnwillingColorado Author:Ken Buck
“President Obama gave a big speech on climate change. He believes global warming is getting worse because apparently he's sweating a lot more during his second term” BelieveBigsPresidentTermSpeechClimateClimate ChangeGlobal WarmingPresident ObamaSweating Author:Jay Leno
“This is not the colonial empire that somehow he has in his hand. I’ve never felt that from him. I felt that from [George] W [Bush]. I felt that from [Bill] Clinton. I felt that from every American president, including ones I disagreed with, including [Jimmy] Carter. I don’t feel that from President Obama.” FeelsHandsFeltPresidentBillsClintonIncludingEmpiresPresident ObamaJimmyCarterAmerican President Author:Rudy Giuliani
“I perfectly understood President Obama's attitude throughout the French presidential campaign. He had no reason to distance himself from Nicolas Sarkozy. It's the basic solidarity that leaders who worked together owe to each other.” ReasonTogetherPresidentAttitudeLeaderUnderstoodDistanceCampaignsPresidentialNo ReasonPresident ObamaSolidarityPresidential Campaign Author:Francois Hollande
“Chairman Priebus set out on an early and historic political outreach plan which called for investing resources early to build the RNC network well before Election Day. And although the elections are still eight months away, all indications are that the money has been well spent. Our message is getting out to the Hispanic, Asian and African American communities. If we can continue to implement this plan, we will be able to save the country from further policy damages at the hand of President Obama and the Democrats.” IfsWellsHas BeensStillsCountryHandsAblePoliticalOpportunityGrowthPresidentCommunityPlansPolicyMonthsMessagesResourcesElectionDemocratInvestingEightAfrican AmericanDamagePresident ObamaHistoricAsianChairmanIndicationHispanicElection DayOutreach Author:Matt Schlapp
“The Bush administration, they had two blue ribbon commissions about infrastructure finance that recommended a lot more money, and additionally the gas tax being increased. We couldn't get them to accept being able to move forward. Since President Obama's been in office, there has been, to be charitable, a lack of enthusiasm for raising the gas tax.” Has BeensTwoAbleMovingPresidentAcceptingTaxesOfficeBlueMoving ForwardFinanceEnthusiasmAdministrationGasPresident ObamaMore MoneyInfrastructureCharitableRibbons Author:Ray LaHood
“In the eyes of the Iranians, they don't respect or fear Barack Obama. He drew a line against Assad when he used chemical weapons and did nothing about it. And our friends, the Arabs and the Israelis, don't trust President Obama.” EyeUsedPresidentLinesWeaponsBarackChemicalsPresident ObamaDon't TrustAssadChemical Weapons Author:Lindsey Graham
“President Obama says he wants to put an end to the policy, 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' Yeah, in the military. This is not to be confused with George Bush's policy, 'Don't Know, Don't Care.' That's a whole different deal.” KnowsWantDifferentEndsWholeCareAsksPresidentDealsMilitaryPolicyYeahDon't CareConfusedPresident Obama Author:David Letterman
“President Obama is going to take two weeks to unwind, as opposed to President Bush, who never wound.” TwoPresidentWeekWoundsPresident ObamaPresident BushTwo WeeksUnwind Author:David Letterman
“Somebody threw a book at President Obama. If you're trying to scare a president by throwing a book at him, you're one president too late.” IfsTryingBookPresidentLateToo LateScareThrowingPresident Obama Author:David Letterman