“Barack Obama won a second term but no mandate. Thanks in part to his own small-bore and brutish campaign, victory guarantees the president nothing more than the headache of building consensus in a gridlocked capital on behalf of a polarized public.” PresidentTermBuildingVictoryCampaignsThanksBarackGuaranteesBoresBehalfConsensusHeadacheMandates Author:Ron Fournier
“I think to close half of Magic Kingdom for the purpose of a White House invitation town hall meeting on a phony main street on behalf of a phony president just strikes me as weird.” ThinkingPurposeHousePresidentWhiteHalfMagicStreetsTownsMeetingsStrikesKingdomsHallsWhite HouseBehalfInvitationsPhonyMain StreetMagic Kingdom Author:Newt Gingrich
“Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the President of the United States is authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, a gold medal of appropriate design to the family of the late Honorable Leo J. Ryan in recognition of his distinguished service as a Member of Congress and the fact of his untimely death by assassination while performing his responsibilities as a Member of the United States House of Representatives.” StatesFactsAmericaHousePresidentUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesDesignMembersLateGoldCongressRecognitionPerformingAppropriateSenateRepresentativesUnited States Of AmericaHonorableBehalfMedalDistinguishedAssassinationGold MedalsHouse Of RepresentativesUntimely Death Author:Leo Ryan
“It is important that Miers not be confirmed unless, in her 61st year, she suddenly and unexpectedly is found to have hitherto undisclosed interests and talents pertinent to the court's role. Otherwise the sound principle of substantial deference to a president's choice of judicial nominees will dissolve into a rationalization for senatorial abdication of the duty to hold presidents to some standards of seriousness that will prevent them from reducing the Supreme Court to a private plaything useful for fulfilling whims on behalf of friends.” YearsImportantChoicesFoundSoundPresidentInterestPrinciplesRolesTalentDutyStandardsCourtSupremeFulfillingSupreme CourtBehalfSeriousnessReducingJudicialWhimDeferencePertinentAbdication Author:George Will
“The president of the United States is supposed to lead the free world and not follow it. Other nations have been more outspoken. So, I hope that we'll hear more of this because young men and women taking to the streets in Tehran need our support. The signs are in English. They're basically asking for us to speak up on their behalf.” MenWorldNeedsHas BeensStatesYoungSpeakNationsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSupportStreetsMen And WomenAskingYoung ManBehalfOutspokenFree WorldTehran Author:Barack Obama