Most of the things that need to be said about the President are things he can't say himself.

People just automatically say 'If this guy is George and Barbara Bush's son, we don't have any question about those personal qualities that we were fooled on by Clinton.'

Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics.

The President, the Administration and the campaign need a theme. I am concerned that the President is seen as a tactician without an overall strategy of his plan for the country.

Research has shown that the perceived style of leadership is by far the most important thing to most voters in evaluating officeholders and candidates.

Every person has only so much attention to give, and politics and government takes up only a fraction of what it did 25 years ago.

The President's political travel is going to get blamed (and probably rightly) for a share of this downturn.