Ron Fournier Quotes

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• If you like your health insurance plan, you can keep your health insurance plan
• Shock, confusion, fear, anger, grief, and defiance. On Sept. 11, 2001, and for the three days following the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, President…
• At the start of his second term, one wonders less about Obama's fitness than his willingness: Why doesn't he do more to build and maintain…
• Anything can go wrong in a debate, and Obama is not a perfect debater.
• Don't stigmatize in a rush to explain inexplicable evil.
• In times of tumult, voters are likely to forgive a president, if not reward him, for compromises made in service of solutions.
• A dose of humility goes a long way in life and in politics.
• If acknowledging that racial misgivings and misunderstandings are still a part of politics and life in America, I plead guilty.
• 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…
• Clearly, the Obama presidency hasn't wiped out racial prejudices.
• Election night is the easiest time to act like a grownup.
• Like a cowboy saddling a bucking stallion, Republican leaders tried to tame the Tea Party while riding it to victories.
• Somebody must be up and somebody must be down. Trouble is, campaigns are messy, subtle creatures that don't follow convenient narratives.
• Got good news and bad news for you, Mr. President. The good news is that Chief Justice John Roberts just saved your legacy and, perhaps,…
• Mandates are rarely won on election night. They are earned after Inauguration Day by leaders who spend their political capital wisely, taking advantage of events…
• A concrete agenda and landslide victory might not even guarantee a president his mandate in a capital as polarized as Washington.
• A presidential debate is a job interview. And voters look for certain traits in people applying to be president.
• According to a Public Policy Polling survey, most Americans find lice and colonoscopies more appealing than Capitol Hill.
• Although we were never pals and occasionally butted heads, my relationship with Clinton and his wife, Hillary, made me a better journalist.
• American exceptionalism is the recurring character in the nation's narrative.

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