Word: carterized
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...performance, which makes every last word or handshake a potentially career-threatening experience, they sought creative help to navigate the waters. And so, the pollster-consultant industrial complex was born. By 1976, the process had been turned upside down. A politician most Americans had never heard of-Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia-won the Democratic nomination, and then the presidency. Ronald Reagan nearly defeated the incumbent President Gerald Ford for the Republican nomination. Carter's pollster, a 26-year-old named Patrick H. Caddell, gave him precise poll-driven instructions about how to conduct himself as President. To be successful...
...difference is the presence of an inspiring teacher. But Pierre Dulaine (Banderas) isn't a tough-talker in the Stand and Deliver or Coach Carter mold. Dianne Houston's script paints Pierre as a gentleman of the old school, who stands when a woman walks by and opens the door for her. "It's called courtesy," he explains to a boy who thinks the new guy is a Martian...
...heard rumbles about DeLay's decision over the weekend, and his mayoral reelection website was pulled down for a redesign immediately after the DeLay announcement. Other insiders said they had been hearing rumors about DeLay's tight poll numbers as far back as December. Central Texas Republican Congressman John Carter told the Austin American-Statesman that a week ago DeLay had mentioned his "troubling" poll numbers that showed him in a neck-and-neck battle with his likely opponent in November, former Democratic Congressman Nick Lampson...
...percent of the people that have worked for me are strong, solid, wonderful people that believe in what we're doing. And my management style is we move forward and I rely on people to do their job the best way they know how without me doing a President Carter oversight. And when you're dealing with these kinds of things, you're going to have people violate that trust. And that's unfortunate. But that office did some pretty amazing things. And I'm very proud of the people that worked for me and that have accomplished some wonderful...
...First of all, it is not very parallel to '94. It is a little parallel to earlier periods where presidents had low poll ratings. It may be more like '78 when Carter was in a little bit of trouble, or '74 for Republicans, or '50 for Truman. My simple-minded theory is that the Democrats are wrong on both policy and implementation. The Republicans are right on policy, but failing on implementation...