“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
“Foreign policy commands attention when it's crisis management. A street revolt breaks out in Egypt or Libya or Kiev and everyone asks, how should the president respond? Now these are important parts of America's role in the world, but they are essentially reactive and tactical. The broader challenge is to lay down a longer-term strategy that endures after the crisis of the moment.” WorldShouldImportantMomentsAmericaAsksPresidentTermChallengesAttentionRolesBreakStreetsPolicyManagementCrisisStrategyLaysEndureCommandForeign PolicyEgyptRevoltBreak OutLibyaTacticalCrisis ManagementKiev Author:Fareed Zakaria
“That's what torture does: it creates a miasma of unknowing, about as dangerous a situation in wartime as one can imagine. This hideous fate was made possible by an inexperienced president with a fundamentalist psyche and a paranoid and power-hungry vice-president who decided to embrace "the dark side" almost as soon as the second tower fell, and who is still trying to avenge Nixon. Until they are both gone from office, we are in grave danger the kind of danger that only torturers and fantasists and a security strategy based on coerced evidence can conjure up.” TryingKindDoeMadeStillsSidesPresidentDarkSituationGoneFateImagineSecurityDangerousDangerOfficeEvidenceDecidedStrategyEmbraceVicesGravesHungryTortureTowersDark SideHideousParanoidVice PresidentFundamentalistWartimeUnknowingPower Hungry Author:Andrew Sullivan
“Democrats in state legislatures are at their lowest level since the 1920s. President Obama has a can't-miss strategy to save the party in 2016. He's leaving.” StatesPresidentLevelsPartyMissingStrategyDemocratLeavingPresident ObamaLowestLegislatureState Legislatures Author:Craig Ferguson
“I'm not a policy and a strategy guy. I'm - you know, the military basically supports what the president wants, the decisions that he makes.” KnowsWantGuyPresidentDecisionSupportMilitaryPolicyStrategy Author:Michael Mullen
“Different regions may require different strategies, as President Bush has noted, but not different basic principles. It's either collective security or selective security.” MayDifferentPresidentPrinciplesSecurityStrategyCollectivesRegionsPresident BushSelectiveBasic PrinciplesCollective Security Author:William Safire
“President Bush demanded that Kerry apologize. Can you imagine that -- Bush demanding an apology for someone stumbling over his words? ... Kerry should have tried the Bush strategy: say so many stupid things, no one cares anymore.” ShouldCarePresidentImagineStupidShould HaveStrategyApologyImagine ThatApologizingPresident BushStumblingStupid ThingsNo One Cares Author:Jay Leno
“[President Obama] made so many promises. We thought that he was going to be -- I shouldn't say this at Christmastime -- but the next messiah.” MadeRealityReligionNextPoliticsPresidentLeadershipPolicyPromiseStrategyIdeologyVotingPresident ObamaFree SpeechMessiah Author:Barbara Walters
“What's with the poverty Tourette's? Why do these two think we need a hobo for president?” ThinkingNeedsTwoRealityPoliticsPresidentMoneyClassPovertyComedyStrategyVotingTourettesHobos Author:Jon Stewart
“Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in Chief, I will do what is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. However, I have a profound responsibility to try to resolve our differences peacefully, rather than rush towards conflict.” TryingBelieveRealWisdomRealityTodayOpportunityPoliticsI BelievePresidentCommunityChallengesLeadershipDifferencesJusticeResponsibilityHistoryTechnologyViolenceGenerationsAchievePolicyConflictWeaponsSpringSolutionsEthicsProgramTestsStrategyUnityProfoundHuman RightsNuclearPeacefulIdeologyChiefsIranResolveForeign PolicyNuclear WeaponsDiplomacyCivilityCommandersComprehensiveSettlementObtainingCommander In ChiefArab Spring Author:Barack Obama
“Congress needs to send a strong signal that direct communication with the leader of the free world is a privilege, particularly for a regime that has been as hostile as Iran has been towards America for more than three decades. President Rouhani needs to take these two simple steps to demonstrate good faith before any further discussions.” WorldNeedsHas BeensTwoRealityAmericaThreePoliticsStrongPresidentCommunityLeadershipJusticeSimpleLeaderStepsHistoryViolenceGenerationsPolicyCommunicationSpringDirectTradeStrategyCongressPrivilegeTerrorismDecadesIdeologyDiscussionIranRegimesForeign PolicySignalsHostileDiplomacyCivilityDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceFree WorldGood FaithArab SpringDirect Communication Author:Ted Cruz
“Jeb Bush is my friend. I think he'd make a great president. I've nudged him for some time.” ThinkingPoliticsPresidentLeadershipMy FriendsStrategyIdeologyGreat Presidents Author:John Boehner
“Tactics and strategies ought to be based on what the real world is, and we do not have the political power to do this. We're not about to shut the government down over the fact that we cannot, only controlling one house of Congress, tell the president that we're not going to fund any portion of [Obamacare]. Because we can't do that.” WorldRealFactsRealityGovernmentPoliticalHousePoliticsPresidentCommunityLeadershipMoneyPartyPolicyHealthOughtConstitutionStrategyCongressIdeologyFundReal WorldPortionsPolitical PartiesTacticsCivilityObamacarePolitical PowerPartisanshipTactics And Strategy Author:Tom Coburn
“In the 2012 election, Obamacare, as it's called, and I'll be more polite - the ACA ...was a major issue in the campaign. I campaigned all over America for two months, everywhere I could. And in every single campaign rally I said, 'We have to repeal and replace Obamacare.' Well, the people spoke. They spoke, much to my dismay, but they spoke. And they reelected the President of the United States.” PeopleWellsSaidTwoStatesRealityAmericaPoliticalPoliticsPresidentCommunityLeadershipJusticeUnitedPartyHistoryUnited StatesDemocracyIssuesHuman NaturePolicyHealthMonthsMajorsEthicsConstitutionElectionStrategyUnityCampaignsIdeologyVotingSpokesPolitePolitical PartiesCivilityObamacareTwo MonthsDismay2012 ElectionAca Author:John McCain
“The Republicans tend to choose the candidate who came in second place in the last election, and Democrats tend to move on. Ask President Ed Muskie how it worked out to be the front-runner. Ask President Howard Dean how it worked out.” LastsMovingAsksPoliticsPresidentLeadershipComedyFrontsRepublicanElectionStrategyDemocratIdeologyCandidatesRunnersDeanPartisanshipSecond Place Author:Brian Schweitzer
“If [President Obama] does not go on the offensive against ISIS...they are coming here. This is just not about Baghdad, this is just not about Syria, this is about our homeland. And if we get attacked because he has no strategy to protect us, then he will have committed a blunder for the ages.” IfsDoeRealityAgePoliticsPresidentLeadershipJusticeHistoryViolencePolicyGoes OnProtectStrategyCommittedTerrorismIdeologyPresident ObamaForeign PolicyOffensiveSyriaIsisHomelandBlundersBaghdad Author:Lindsey Graham
“President Bush announced he has a five-point strategy for getting out of Iraq. Points six through 10 will be handled by the Kerry administration.” PresidentFiveSixStrategyIraqAdministrationPresident Bush Author:David Letterman
“The Democrats say that President Bush doesn't have an exit strategy for Iraq. Of course he does. If things don't go well, he exits in November.” IfsWellsDoeCoursesPresidentStrategyDemocratIraqPresident BushExitNovember Author:Jay Leno
“Political analysts say that President Bush's re-election strategy is to try and convince Americans that he's a war president. I don't get that, do you think that'll work? I mean, don't you think that if he tries to convince the American people that we need a war president, isn't he afraid that they're going to vote for the guy that was actually in a war?” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsTryingMeanWarPoliticalGuyPresidentVoteElectionStrategyConvincePresident BushAnalysts Author:Jay Leno
“Dan Pfeiffer for me probably the most concerning at all because he is the [President Barack Obama] strategic communications adviser. What's the strategy ?” PresidentCommunicationStrategyBarackStrategicPresident Barack ObamaAdviser Author:Eric Bolling
“The president made clear when he was a candidate for this office and when he took this office, that unfortunately prior to his taking office, because of the focus on Iraq, and the U.S. efforts there, that the original war, if you will, in Afghanistan had been neglected, the strategy there was unclear, and that it was not properly resourced.” IfsMadeWarPresidentEffortClearFocusOfficeOriginalsStrategyIraqCandidatesAfghanistanNeglectedUnclear Author:Jay Carney