what can I say. many of us have been saying for a long time - the daily political war room battle is essentially the presidency. because if you lose that, you lose the political captital you need to get anything done - especially in a closely divided government and electorate. Reagan knew that, he knew that his #1 mission every day was to frame and communicate a message to the people.
the congress produces mostly cowards, it produces few leaders like Curt Weldon. these cowards only concern themselves with politics, look at the vote totals shown in this article. you want their votes, you've got to win the political war - fought every day, in every news cycle.
the white house has been doing a better job lately (finally), but not enough on this one apparently to get the votes it needs.
the white house has been doing a better job lately (finally), but not enough on this one apparently to get the votes it needs.
Spot on -