This has always been the way of presidential politics. The president rises above the fray while his surrogates go on the attack. They throw the spears and fling the mud; he sits upon the throne.
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Bouncing a sitting president requires conscious action, a national decision to redirect the country's course. This cuts against the grain, and that's why incumbents have a natural advantage.
A President is best judged by the enemies he makes when he has really hit his stride.
The president is the leader of the nation. The president brings people together, does the deals, does the trades, knocks the heads together. The president leads.
The president doesn't order the military to seize political opponents. He doesn't order his intelligence community to lie about national security for political purposes. He uses the military or intelligence communities to protect the United States and our citizens, not to help him win elections.
A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.
Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.
All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf.
American presidents always avoid shaking hands with brutal dictators, except when it's advantageous to do so.
The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.
He has to do the heavy lifting and the windows and the wash, and also protect the president.
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