http://moorethoughts.com/2007/09/27/if-he-doesnt-win-he-loses-the-exploding-candidacy/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:26:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://moorethoughts.com/2007/09/27/if-he-doesnt-win-he-loses-the-exploding-candidacy/#comment-154142 Volunteer Voters » Moore Hand Than Obama Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:37:00 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2007/09/27/if-he-doesnt-win-he-loses-the-exploding-candidacy/#comment-154142 [...] Were Nathan Moore a presidential candidate he’d like to think he would be able to regulate his bride better than Barack Obama has: There is an intangible quality to the presidency, where the holder of the office becomes, through the tradition of the office but also through his inherent characteristics, larger than life. Bill Clinton was and remains that way. Ronald Reagan was that way as well. Neither Bush presidency has grasped that intangibility, nor did Jimmy Carter. It seems that the presidential administrations that have the most problems advancing an agenda are those where the occupant of the Oval Office is all too human. [...] [...] Were Nathan Moore a presidential candidate he’d like to think he would be able to regulate his bride better than Barack Obama has: There is an intangible quality to the presidency, where the holder of the office becomes, through the tradition of the office but also through his inherent characteristics, larger than life. Bill Clinton was and remains that way. Ronald Reagan was that way as well. Neither Bush presidency has grasped that intangibility, nor did Jimmy Carter. It seems that the presidential administrations that have the most problems advancing an agenda are those where the occupant of the Oval Office is all too human. [...]

]]> http://moorethoughts.com/2007/09/27/if-he-doesnt-win-he-loses-the-exploding-candidacy/#comment-154130 Sean Braisted Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:40:58 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2007/09/27/if-he-doesnt-win-he-loses-the-exploding-candidacy/#comment-154130 It actually turns out it was a somewhat of a misquote. As for Michelle Obama being too human (or making Obama too human) I think a little humanity above the resuscitation of talking points is a good thing. I think there can be a happy medium between the political activism and outspokenness of Hillary Clinton during the 90s, and the somewhat Queen-like nature of some of the Bush ladies. It actually turns out it was a somewhat of a misquote. As for Michelle Obama being too human (or making Obama too human) I think a little humanity above the resuscitation of talking points is a good thing. I think there can be a happy medium between the political activism and outspokenness of Hillary Clinton during the 90s, and the somewhat Queen-like nature of some of the Bush ladies.

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