“ But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism. Thomas E. Mann
“ First, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that has accelerated in recent weeks as the war on terrorism has been supplanted in the public's mind by corporate scan… Thomas E. Mann
“ All of this suggests that while citizens became more comfortable with President Bush after September 11 and thought him to have the requisite leadership skills, they continue to harbor doubts about hi… Thomas E. Mann
“ The country has sorted itself ideologically into the two political parties, and those partisan attachments have hardened in recent years. It will take an extraordinary event and act of leadership to b… Thomas E. Mann
“ He (Newt Gingrich as a freshman congressman) was both passionate about his goals and coldly analytical in his means. Thomas E. Mann
“ Today's Republican Party...is an insurgent outlier. It has become ideologically extreme; contemptuous of the inherited social and economic policy regime; scornful of compromise; unpersuaded by convent… Thomas E. Mann
“ In never-ending efforts to defeat incumbent officeholders in hard times, the public is perpetuating the source of its discontent, electing a new group of people who are even less inclined to or capabl… Thomas E. Mann
