Word: doering
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...podium, though, Dole seems to resent having to stand up in front of everyone and pontificate, as if he, a man of some substance, had been reduced by forces beyond his control to acting like some sort of debate-team show-off. He says he's a doer rather than a talker...
Dole knows he's a better legislator than campaigner, so his strategy is to campaign by legislating. His frequent refrain--"I'm a doer, not a talker"--can be demonstrated only by actually passing legislation. Unlike Newt Gingrich, who plots grand, overarching designs, Dole takes things as they come up, picking allies and sizing up enemies as necessary. It's as though he thinks it's bad luck to plan ahead. The Dole strategy is to depict himself as the driving force of change while portraying Clinton as the defender of the status quo: Senator Change vs. President Veto...
...hint" to The Crimson: be inspired by Theodore Roosevelt, Class of 1880. "It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong person stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the person who is actually in the arena, who strives valiantly; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends time in a worthy cause; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory...
...going to kill me, are you?' I asked him why he hadn't killed any doctors. He said, 'Well, Ron, that's a very good question, and I've really struggled with it. But I feel I can make more of a contribution as a leader than a doer...
...when suffocating Democratic control of the House drove many of his Republican colleagues out of office and left others playing media games and resorting to political showmanship, Michel was an exception. He was a doer; he believed in legislation and in compromise. These qualities drew criticism from younger House Republicans, who claimed Michel was too accommodating and not sufficiently conservative. It didn't matter that Michel consistently ranked near the top in the National Conservative Political Caucus's annual evaluations of congressmen...