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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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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There's no way he can be in the inner, inner circle. He hasn't paid his dues enough for that. He can sit at the table, he can even say things, but he understands that.
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A president's second term is like an hour glass with the sand running out.
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Katrina pretty much stops his legislative agenda cold.
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His name is thrown into the mix. Big time.
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In a strange way, the issue is not as salient, as important or resonates on Main Street as much as politicians or legislators think it does. The reason is simple ? Main Street already thinks politicians are taking favors from lobbyists.
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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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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 think the president might have defused the situation if he had invited her in instantly.
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He has come to symbolize how unprepared this administration was for this disaster, fairly or unfairly,
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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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Cindy Sheehan had one glorious shining moment and she took advantage of it and the peace movement took advantage of her as it created the attention that the movement hadn't had previously.
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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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There were big, big items, and that was really quite exceptional for one of these speeches.