The Presidency Is Not An Entry-level Electoral

Nixon Was An Awful President In Many Ways, Including In Some Of His Foreign-policy Choices. But He Left No Doubt That Foreign Policy And America's Leadership In The World Outside Its Borders Was Of Paramount Importance To Him.

All Conservatives Are Bilingual We Have To Be. We Speak Both Liberal And Conservative. But Liberals Are Monolingual - They Don't Have To Be Anything Else. They Speak Liberal, And Are Completely Ignorant Of The Conservative Tongue.

Obama Lost His Ability To Push His Agenda Through Congress When He Received What He Himself Called A 'shellacking' In The November 2010 Elections. That Shellacking Was Primarily The Result Of Massive Policy Overreach When He Had A Democratic Congress In His Pocket.

Why, Listening To Obama Talk About His Economic Triumphs Over The Last Three Years Might Make You Want To Move To The Country He Was Describing. Too Bad That Country Exists Primarily In His Own Head.

While Negativity Is Politically Useful, It Is Also Demoralizing Unless It Is Accompanied - And To Some Extent Overshadowed - By Elevated And Inspiring Ideas About The American Future.