And in another point of view, I think it is right that the address of a president should be on his own subject, and that different subjects should be thus brought in turn before the meetings.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.
The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear different opinions, rather than to pass resolutions.
You got to have people at the top who respond to and are selected by presidents.
This meeting was like many of the meetings that I would go to over the course of two years. The only way I can describe it is that, well, the president is like a blind man in a roomful of deaf people. There is no discernible connection.
A President doesn't have a terribly long time to talk to people who are not really on the agenda.
The entire purpose of the State of the Union Address is for the president to outline where we stand as a nation.
I've been doing these conventions for 20 years, and we used to at least have debates about issues. Nothing is happening basically at this convention, other than speeches.
Well, it was a typical meeting with the President. He was very gracious, very outgoing.
A presidential speech is always the work of many hands.
I think it's appropriate in America for anyone to speak out and say what their reaction is to the president's State of the Union speech.