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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If she had just gone home I think she would have been remembered importantly, but she didn't just go home.
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By never having used a veto, either everything has gone his way--which is never true in this world--or he's been able to reach an agreement. When politics gets into this range of right and wrong, religion and morality, it is increasingly difficult to compromise.
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He really came into his second term with a series of robust proposals, and he's accomplished none of them. His circumstances have shifted dramatically.
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If he loses two houses of Congress, or even one, the last two years of his presidency are toast.
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I don't want to call it only cosmetic, because these things do have an effect, but how profound the effect is, that I would question. Much of this is not about policy, it's about motion. It shows that they are responding; that they are moving.
past terms
I don't think they're necessarily better than some past administrations in terms of the spin. What they have done which distinguishes them ... is how close-mouthed they are.
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I don't think this is going to be one of those historic State of the Union messages. When people talk about new initiatives, they cost money. He's run out of wiggle room there.
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How much is this going to be a national election? Clearly, the Republicans will hope it's not. ?All politics is local will be their mantra.
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I gather that there are drifts in different races. I don't see any great breeze bowing all the races in any one direction.
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I mean this is primarily about Iraq. There is no sense talking about his education policy or something like that. I mean he has been in office now for nearly six years. He has got one major policy in which he has thrown all the chips into the game. Is it going to work? We shall see.
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The front line is everywhere there is someone with an explosive.
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A month from now, if Katrina is still dominating the headlines, he really is in bad shape,
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An adequate withdrawal by mid-year 2006 could neutralize Iraq as the overriding issue of the mid-term congressional elections.