Stephen Hess
Stephen Hess
Stephen H. Hessis a senior fellow emeritus in the Governance Studies program at the Brookings Institution. He studies media, the U.S. presidency, political dynasties and the U.S. government. He first joined Brookings in 1972 and was distinguished research professor of media and public affairs at the George Washington University. He served on Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon's White House staff and as an adviser to Presidents Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter...
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There isn't any money. For presidents to make pronouncements it usually means they have to spend money and he's not in a position to spend any more.
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This may be something that is not as permanent as it may look at the moment.
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A president's second term is like an hour glass with the sand running out.
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This is a situation in which the vice president by definition is a shadow, ... He must move the way the president moves, he can't move independently and at this point he should move forcefully.
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This is not a great shake-up. This is not the beginning of a great exodus. This is probably one person who stayed too long.
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This is not a full-fledged mea culpa. But by presidential standards, it's there, or pretty close to it, ... The government did screw up, and he is president of the United States.
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This gives him more opportunities to move up in political terms, He's tarnished, and you don't re-buff yourself with one exercise.
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This could be the biggest investigation of 2006.
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The most important thing in the long run in the United States was the appointment of two new justices to the Supreme Court.
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No question about it. It is overwhelmingly the issue.
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I think the outcome is going to be pretty close to what we have now.
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I think as we become more and more of a celebrity culture -- as we expect to learn more and more about the people who we elect president or make movie stars -- we are intrigued by their families.
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Last year, he came out with a very robust agenda in the State of the Union.
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Katrina pretty much stops his legislative agenda cold.