Ron Fournier Quotes

• Election night is the easiest time to act like a grownup.

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• Every now and then, a presidential candidate surprises us with a truly human and honest moment.

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• For a man who has compared himself to Theodore Roosevelt and the nation’s challenges to those of the Gilded Age, Obama put forward a tepid agenda.

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• Got good news and bad news for you, Mr. President. The good news is that Chief Justice John Roberts just saved your legacy and, perhaps, your presidency by writing for the Supreme Court majority to rule health care reform constitutional.

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• Historians will likely give Obama credit for steering the country away from the brink of economic collapse in 2009.

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• If history is a guide, a victory for Obama means he faces the prospect of a second term dogged by scandal or inertia.

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• In times of tumult, voters are likely to forgive a president, if not reward him, for compromises made in service of solutions.

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• In the time it takes to heat a TV dinner, Clinton had convinced me that he was the smartest person in the room and that I was the center of his attention. In the next 25 years, I would see countless others fall just as quickly to the Clinton Touch.

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• In Washington, compromise has become a dirty word.

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• It’s a deft trick to turn American exceptionalism into an exceptional political tactic.

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• It’s an appeal as old as America and its presidency: This is an extraordinary country populated by hard-working, big-dreaming, freedom-loving people graced by God when they’re not pulling themselves up by the bootstraps.

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• It’s a bit unfair to accuse Obama of dividing the nation when the facts show that it already is.

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• Mandates are rarely won on election night. They are earned after Inauguration Day by leaders who spend their political capital wisely, taking advantage of events without overreaching.

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• Most Tea Party activists consider Obama a big-spending liberal. Some even question his eligibility to be president.

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• Movies such as ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ in 1939 to ‘Dave’ in 1993 portray Washington leaders as the ultimate Everymen – decent people just like you and me, only thrust onto greatness.

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• Obama does not need to worry as much as past Democratic presidents about being labeled soft on national security not after giving the order that led to the assassination of Osama bin Laden. No, his biggest concern is being labeled tone deaf on joblessness and debt.

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• Obama considers himself above deal-making and back-slapping, political necessities he often delegates to Vice President Joe Biden and other lesser sorts.

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• Obama is capable as evidenced by his first-term success with health care reform. But mandate-building requires humility, a trait not easily associated with him.

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• Obama ran a hard-edged and negative campaign against Romney, hoping to convince recession-weary voters that his rival was unworthy of the job.

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• Obama might do well to remember that his fast rise from the Illinois state Senate was due in large part to an uncanny ability to make friends and find mentors.

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Ron Fournier (90)

Birth:	1963
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Journalist

About

Fournier is a native of Detroit, Michigan. He attended the University of Detroit. His wife, Lori, is also a graduate of the University of Detroit. They have three children, who they have raised in Arlington County, Virginia. Ron Fournier is an American national political journalist currently of the National Journal. Fournier had previously served as Washington bureau chief at the Associated Press until leaving in In June 2010.

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