You can't stand for too many things. You can't use the bully pulpit for too many things. So, I promise you, every day, I am going to talk about jobs, spending, and education.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
'The bully pulpit' is somewhat diminished in our age of fragmented attention and fragmented media.
I know the problem of obesity. I got to tell you, I think that's tepid. I just don't think the bully pulpit is going to be enough to sufficiently fight obesity. We're going to have to have incentives in here.
I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism.
Looking ahead, I can see more and more instances where I will disagree with the president on very fundamental issues. The largest, for me, is education.
It's not what my job is about. I'm not out to make a political statement. I want to stand for something, but more by example.
Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.
It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.
I just want to preach so bad I can hardly stand it. I love what I do.
I feel that if I am freed of the burden of politics, then I can do more, and I can take more unpopular decisions.
But here's the bottom line, the president of the United States, he controls the bully pulpit, he can talk about anything he wants to talk about.