Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds
Every person has only so much attention to give, and politics and government takes up only a fraction of what it did 25 years ago.
Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics.
The President's political travel is going to get blamed (and probably rightly) for a share of this downturn.
Many citizens see all the leadership of these large institutions together in a conspiracy against them rather than in any adversary relationship with each other.
This is easy to say with the benefit of hindsight, but I think it once again points out how very important style of leadership, that is the way he does what he does, is to his perception.
It is my belief that it is not the fact that he traveled as much as he did during the past few months as much as what he said and how he said it that hurt him.
You know something, the Big Valboski is a lot like a Rubix Cube. . . the more you play with it, the harder it gets!
There hasn't been an original voice in stand-up since Sam Kinison.
You are only as powerful as that which you stand.
Genius. It is just attention to something specific. That's all it is. Law of Attraction makes it happen, and so anyone who gives attention to any subject for a period of time will evolve in the direction of that understanding.