Ron Fournier
Ron Fournier
Ron Fournieris an American national political journalist currently of the National Journal. Fournier had previously served as Washington bureau chief at the Associated Pressuntil leaving in June 2010...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
CountryUnited States of America
forgiving president voters
In times of tumult, voters are likely to forgive a president, if not reward him, for compromises made in service of solutions.
mistake
Obama will learn from his mistakes.
negativity shows
Obama shows no sign of easing up on negativity.
perception care voters
Republicans would have preferred the court overturn the health care bill, an act that would have underscored Obama's biggest liability - the perception among voters, including those who like and trust him, that he has been ineffective.
country kings office
Sitting in the Oval Office, beneath a painting of George Washington, with a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. over his right shoulder and a bust of Abraham Lincoln over his left shoulder, Obama told 'National Journal' that the country's economic woes are deep and endemic.
winning may influential
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is the most influential woman in Washington - for what she has accomplished and for what she may yet do: win the presidency.
war iraq aftermath
Say what you want to say about the rest of his presidency, including his tone-deaf response to Katrina and a war waged in Iraq on false pretenses, Bush connected with Americans in the aftermath of 9/11 because he looked as frail and unforgiving as we felt.
running administration suggestions
Since declaring that she would not serve in a second Obama administration, Clinton has dismissed suggestions that she will run in 2016.
political understanding criticism
The fact that Obama is getting criticism from the left and the right might reflect his understanding of the underlying political dynamics.
adversity odds president
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt faced adversities that, in their times, seemed impregnable. Great presidents overcome great odds.
eras want unprecedented
We're living in an era of unprecedented change, and I want to be a part of documenting it.
war home white
White House operatives went to great lengths to show Obama shifting focus from wars abroad to domestic issues at home.
leadership approval-rating congress
With gridlock the norm, Congress's approval rating is below 10 percent and the public has lost faith in its national leadership.
two victory desire
Andrew Jackson was the first president to claim that the desires of the public overrode Congress's constitutional prerogatives. Virtually every president since Jackson has claimed the mantle, even while lacking two ingredients of an electoral mandate: a landslide victory and a specific agenda.