Barack obama Quote by John Dickerson

Much of the establishment was actually encouraging Obama to run in 2008.

— Harry Enten

When he ran for president in 2008, Mr. Obama was the candidate of the young and the demographically ascendant. He eventually attracted strong majorities…

— Joy Reid

“Clinton got out there and created a new narrative on the economy, which took some of the needles out of Obama,” says Republican strategist…

— Daniel Halper

Barack Obama didn't get elected president, would never have been elected president, had he decided to run as a black candidate. In order to…

— Gwen Ifill

“Obama doesn't know how to be President. He doesn't know how the world works. He's incompetent. He's an amateur!”

— Bill Clinton

I concede that, in the first 18 months of his presidency, Obama has not accomplished all that he campaigned on.

— Neera Tanden

One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States…

— Tim Pawlenty

President Obama is like a lost man who refuses to ask for directions. That's because he has never worked in the real world with…

— Cal Thomas

President Obama clearly cannot run on his record. All he's offering is more of the same. That's not good. Look at the economy. It's…

— Paul Ryan

Obama and his associates are fantastic campaigners but have little ability or skill to govern.

— Edward Klein

Having no experience in running a business, President Obama just doesn't get it. In fact, he fights against it. Just recently, he said, 'If…

— Chuck Fleischmann

“What distinguished Obama was his determination not to wait until he had forged a longer political record of his achievement, and the historic conjunction…

— Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson