"If history is a guide, a victory for Obama means he faces the prospect of a second term dogged by scandal or inertia."
― Ron Fournier
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History
More From Ron Fournier
- "Shock, confusion, fear, anger, grief, and defiance. On Sept. 11, 2001, and for the three days following the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, President George W. Bush led with raw emotion that reflected the public’s whipsawing stages of acceptance."
- "Republicans would have preferred the court overturn the health care bill, an act that would have underscored Obama’s biggest liability – the perception among voters, including those who like and trust him, that he has been ineffective."
- "‘Argo,’ ‘Lincoln,’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ three films honored with Best Picture Oscar nominations, lionize their Washington-anchored protagonists as crafty, competent, and virtually incorruptible."
More In History
- "We are still living in the aftershock of Hiroshima, people are still the scars of history."― Edward Bond
- "Something as curious as the monarchy won’t survive unless you take account of people’s attitudes. After all, if people don’t want it, they won’t have it."― Prince Charles
- "The lesson of history is that you do not get a sustained economic recovery as long as the financial system is in crisis."― Ben Bernanke