Word: governability
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...Americans sense that we are less and less in control of the forces that govern our lives," he said...
...that it actually does something in the physical world, like influence behavior. Indeed, as a common-sense intuition, this strikes many people as obvious. But as a philosophical doctrine it is radical, for it would seem to carry us back toward Descartes, toward the idea that "soul stuff" helps govern the physical world. And within both philosophy and science, Descartes is dead or, at best, on life support. And the New Mysterians, a pretty hard-nosed group, have no interest in reviving...
...Americans ultimately govern the press. What goes on television and, for the most part, what is printed on the cover page of popular newspapers is what excites public attention, sells papers and increases ratings. The news reflects upon the American psyche and conforms to it. Because Americans respond negatively to a media that they have had a large stake in creating, one can only conclude that America is not up for some self-examination...
...Teng-hui's election, but they are practical enough to realize it is unrealistic," TIME's Jamie A. FlorCruz says. "Beijing is resigned to another four-year term of Lee. The ongoing military maneuvers tell Lee to take a softer stand or he'll find it hard to govern." For his part, Lee told an enthusiastic crowd of 1,500 farmers outside Taipei that he and running-mate Lien Chan were not "wimps with weak feet" and would not bow to "intimidation and surrender to Communist China...
This isn't simply a campaign problem. Successful Presidents govern through persuasion. The educating skills one needs to win the job are required to conduct it forcefully, which is why the BMW nonevent is so disturbing. Yet it confirms Dole's disdain for the bully pulpit. When he ran in 1988, Dole said, "The press always wants me to have a vision. If I had one, you'd say it was no good. So I've thought about the 'Vision of the Month Club.' I'd have one for spring and one for the fall just for the media...