When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
At the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values, and your vision, and the life experiences that make you who you are.
How a candidate runs shapes how a president governs.
In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone.
In choosing a president, we really don't choose a Republican or Democrat, a conservative or liberal. We choose a leader.
Presidents are not only the country's principal policy chief, shaping the nation's domestic and foreign agendas, but also the most visible example of our values.
I've seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are.
As president, you can get all kinds of advice from all kinds of people. But at the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values and your vision and the life experiences that make you who you are.
A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.
The presidency is the most visible thread that runs through the tapestry of the American government. More often than not, for good or for ill, it sets the tone for the other branches and spurs the expectations of the people.
Presidential biography is, by its nature, out of scale; no character is bigger, no action greater, than the person and the doings of the American president.