A president cannot sit on his hands and be seen as passive in the face of ruthless action by a foreign dictator.
It's always valuable for someone running for president... to have as much bipartisan support as possible.
It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation.
In choosing a president, we really don't choose a Republican or Democrat, a conservative or liberal. We choose a leader.
Whether it's running for president or trying to win an Oscar, campaigning is a must and relationships are a big part of that. It's about who you know to rally behind you.
My obligation as president, and what I promise the country, is that the courts will be able to do their job free of all pressure.
The president of the United States is a pretty important position, and it's the ideas and policies that matter to me, not the color of their skin.
The President seems to extend executive privilege way out past the atmosphere. What he says is executive privilege is nothing but executive poppycock.
I'm done with my job. It was my job to be the advocate and spokesman for the President of the United States.
Small businesses drive this economy and it is unacceptable that the President's budget proposal does not give them the tools they need to be successful.
I think it's less risky for the Kerry campaign to embrace former President Clinton than it is to reject him.
Republicans have to be relieved. Given all the bad news this White House has faced, at least the president's hemorrhaging has stopped.
If the president is allowed to suspend constitutional rights on his own personal whims, our free republic has effectively ceased to exist.
Every U.S. president enters office promising stronger ties with our southern neighbors, only to thereupon largely ignore them.
If you look at that 2008 Democratic primary, there was no more formidable, unstoppable candidate - other than an incumbent President - in modern times than Hillary Clinton.
What President Bush has done speaks more than words about his feeling of compassion and commitment to people.
President Bush has said that the economy is growing, that there are jobs out there. But you know, it's a long commute to China to get those jobs.
I've been amazed at the degree to which Democrats, in particular, have expressed their enthusiasm for the president's manner with which he handled this budget.
There's several different forms of executive privilege. The one that is most absolute would be close advisers talking to the president himself.
Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College.
While Republican voters have remained universally supportive of their President, Democrats and Independents are returning to a more naturally critical stance.
