Midterm elections for first-term presidents are notoriously difficult.
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There are just some things about being president that are difficult.
Midterm elections can be dreadfully boring, unfortunately.
It's a hard job to become president.
Elections are rarely perfect.
Running for president is hard. But it's good preparation. Because being president is a lot harder.
It's not easy to have the job of president. It's not easy to run for it. And it's not a job for the feint of heart.
It strikes me that presidential campaigns can often bring out the worst as well as the best in us.
I understand personally that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins.
I have always thought, genuinely thought, that elections are like world cups. They sometimes look easier from the outside and they are very difficult when you are in the middle of them.
The issues that cross a president's desk are never easy. The easy questions don't even get to the president.
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