In an effort to learn more about the magic of presidential power and style, I came across a book which deserves real attention again, more than 50 years after it was published. Working with Roosevelt is an intimate and granular retelling of FDR's skills, methods and inside life.
The Relentless Conservative | Posted 11.06.2011
As I was perusing my favorite online quotations page recently, I was shocked to discover our new president, a real 'newbie' in terms of governing much less generating legacy quotes that should be remembered through the ages, has 21 quotes listed for himself.
Jerry Weissman | Posted 10.19.2011
Barack Obama has given several notable speeches in his career, starting with his 16-and-a-half-minute "Cinderella" speech at the Democratic National C...
Michael Winship | Posted 05.25.2011
President Obama, as I know Ted Sorensen told you, words are how a president operates, how a president engages a country. Put up your rhetorical dukes -- we know it's what you're good at when you want to be, and the spirit moves you.
AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — Of the courtiers to Camelot's king, Theodore C. Sorensen, who died Sunday, ranked just below Bobby Kennedy. He was the adoring, tirel...
AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — To show how well he understands life's daily struggles, President Barack Obama likes to tell the tale of a regular guy who has been...
AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's intense juggling of domestic issues reflects all the realities he faces at once: a vast agenda, a smaller ...
AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — For all his flourish, President Barack Obama sure falls back on a few familiar phrases. Make no mistake. Change isn't easy. It won...
nytimes.com | MIKI TANIKAWA | Posted 05.25.2011
TOKYO When Utako Sakai was changing the background music in her beauty parlor recently, she did not opt for the classical piano pieces she usually cho...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011
HuffPost is looking back at President Obama's best speeches since the election. One year in, help us pick the standouts: VideoCampaignText = "How ...
HuffPost's Eyes & Ears | Matthew Palevksy | Posted 11.17.2011
While President Obama was lounging on Martha's Vineyard we asked readers to suggest books he should read. Hundreds of people responded with suggestion...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011
"Actually, Mr. President..." "David?" "One more thing before we move off the logistics."
Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011
The new president's first address to Congress loomed and Barack Obama had convened a few trusted advisers in the Oval Office. Seated in a chair besi...
AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The "War on Terror" is losing the war of words. The catchphrase burned into the American lexicon hours after the attacks of Sept. ...
AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 05.25.2011
TOKYO — Aspiring English speakers in Japan have made President Barack Obama's book of speeches and accompanying CD a national best-seller. In A...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011
Barack Obama knows how to get wild, rapturous feedback from crowds. He knows how to set it up -- how to kick up the rhetoric a notch, and the volume a notch -- and how to get a big response.
Vamsee Juluri | Posted 05.25.2011
Obama's mentioning in his inauguration speech of some of the world's great religions can be seen as recognition not just of the people who follow them, but that religion is an immense cultural resource.
Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011
The serene statement delivered yesterday by Barack Obama, with his manner of carefully constructed arguments and invocations to harmony, condemned all the rhetoric to be left in the 20th century.
Grande Lum | Posted 05.25.2011
What has particularly impressed me about Barack Obama is how he frames situations, utilizes language in conflict, and comports himself very much like a mediator.
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
UPDATES: Barack Obama Big News Page Remarks of Senator Barack Obama "A More Perfect Union" Constitution Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania W...
Karin Kloosterman | Posted 05.25.2011
Obama said this about solar power. McCain said that about climate change. You no longer have to spar with your "green" friends over who is saying what...
Christina Bellantoni | Posted 05.25.2011
DENVER — The Democratic National Convention starts in the morning and culminates Thursday night when Sen. Barack Obama formally accepts the part...
Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
Sen. Barack Obama said he would continue to chastise absentee black fathers and deliver tough love speeches to the black community, even if the Rev. J...
Posted 05.25.2011
The Bush administration is denying reports in German newspapers that officials expressed opposition to a possible Obama speech at the Brandenberg Gate...
Posted 05.25.2011
**UPDATE** German papers find more evidence that the Bush administration voiced strong opposition to an Obama speech at the Brandenberg Gate. Ben Smi...
Frank A. Weil | Posted 03.06.2012