Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is achieved - commitment to a scenario.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Governing means governing all of the people, no matter what demographic it is, whether it'd be black, white, women, straight, gay, Republican.
Governing is one thing, campaigning is another - and the latter becomes far more pronounced in an election-year State of the Union.
To me, governing is communicating. That facilitates the whole job because I can listen, I can hear what people have to say, and at the same time I can let them know what are we working on, what is our strategic line, and where are we going.
Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.
Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.
In a democratic set-up, people who are being governed should also be a part of the governing system. They should be drafted into the governance.
You convey something that the public either trusts or it does not trust, and it has to do with the content and how you handle the news, but it also just has something to do with your persona.
The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control.
For citizens to become fully engaged in holding their leadership to account, accurate information is required to see where action is needed, to measure the results of policies and programmes, to build support for courageous decisions and to consolidate political legitimacy.
Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.