The current constitutional law places the president of the republic in an embarrassing situation.

It is evident that not all people that have the confidence of the prime minister are the same ones that have the confidence of the head of state.

There is no magic wand that can resolve our problems. The solution rests with our work and discipline.

Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And it's about ignoring the conventional wisdom of company politics and instead playing the game by very different rules.

Former President Bill Clinton, who is widely regarded as a political mastermind, may have sounded like a traditional liberal at the beginning of his term in office. But what ultimately defined his presidency was his amazing pliability on matters of principle.

But I think the global economy will understand that the United States has the ability to meet its obligations. But it's not going to be able to do it over the long term if we can't control the growth of government.

In the language of politics, there is only one translation for the phrase 'hope and change,' to wit: 'big, fat government.'