Am Quote by Rudy Giuliani

President Obama is perhaps the most ideologically-motivated president in American history. But according to the ultimate authority, Barack Obama, he's a mere pragmatist.

— Ben Shapiro

I think President Obama is a committed, practicing nonideologue. He's consumed by neither tactics nor ideology. He is more concerned about outcomes than he…

— David Axelrod

[Barack] Obama doesn't disappoint me, because all during the campaign he said, I'm a pragmatic, middle-of-the-road, compromising politician.

— Bill Ayers

So I think (Obama) definitely has convinced people that he stands for change and for hope, and I can't wait to see what he…

— Susan Sarandon

I think ultimately is, Donald Trump is pragmatic.

— Barack Obama

I don't sense an [Barack] Obama party. I think politics is transactional for him.

— Chris Matthews

Obama isn't good off the cuff, especially when challenged; he is far better with a prepared speech.

— Elliott Abrams

An ideologue does not bend to what is popular, what will gain him power, or what is practical. He simply does what he thinks…

— Will Cain

Pragmatism is the disguise progressive and other ideologues do when they want to demonize competing ideologies.

— Jonah Goldberg

President Obama is a gifted politician. He is gifted with rhetoric virtuosity. He is gifted with the ability to lie directly to camera without…

— Ben Shapiro

When I hear Obama speak he just seems really sincere and he just seems like somebody who actually has his heart and his motivation…

— Adam Yauch

While liberals had embraced Obama as someone who had left-wing progressive ideas, the truth is that by personality he's a very incremental guy.

— Anna Quindlen