Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions. They are willing to make people angry. Bush had strong nerves. Clinton, who passed up a chance to eliminate Osama bin Laden, did not. Obama is a people… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan has a story for every occasion. Bill Clinton has an excuse for every occasion. — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Candidates don't have to deal with reality. They talk about the wonderful things they can accomplish as if advocating them is the same as… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Obama sounded like Al Gore on global warming. The more the case for man-made warming falls apart, the more hysterical Gore gets about an… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
President Obama insists he's a free-market guy. But you have to wonder whether he understands how a free economy really works. — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Obama specializes in knocking down straw men. 'I reject the view that says our problems will simply take care of themselves,' he said, implying… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
The American people are not as casualty-sensitive as the weenies in the American press are. — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Overreaction is one of the things that congress specializes in. I can't think of anything congress does better than overreact. — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
The coverage of Central America in recent months points up one of the ugly truths about the American press: the better the news, the… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions. They are willing to make people angry. Bush had strong nerves. Clinton,… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Conservatives won't want to hear this, but the Republican who maneuvered his way into the most impressive victory of the election was California Gov.… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Religion's crucial role in the lives of many people... is rejected out of hand by the political community, especially the press. — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary.… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
