Convincing Quote by Ron Fournier

President Obama makes fantastic stump speeches, but putting together an actual agenda is more complicated.

— Meghan McCain

The President [Barack Obama] is very focused on [healthcare]. He, of course, is also writing this speech at high speed. And right coming up…

— Ron Suskind

It is very important that the president thematically shows where we're going in terms of the vision and an agenda.

— Bill Frist

Vision is not political rhetoric.

— Jean Chretien

In the Reagan administration, a great speech was just the first step in a long process. In the Obama administration, it's the only step.

— Kathleen Troia McFarland

How, then, has Obama been saddled with an image of being long on inspiration and short on details? The answer is that journalists are…

— Howard Kurtz

In the long run, however much damage we come through, Obama's vision is the one that's going to be left standing. It's a question…

— Jonathan Chait

I just have a sense that Obama's not going to ultimately succeed in totally transforming America into something other than how it was founded.

— Rush Limbaugh

Candidate Obama promised to fundamentally transform America and that's one promise he has kept. Turning a shining city on a hill into a sinking…

— Sarah Palin

I think that President Obama is beginning to realize that a lot of his plans have backfired.

— Jonathan Krohn

I really believed Obama when he spoke in 2008, but I remember watching his victory speech after this last election and it was the…

— Andrew Dominik

I have tremendous faith in President Obama's skills. He's a long-term visionary.

— Deepak Chopra