Word: pulpiteering
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...Bully Pulpit...
...that seemed more of a historical review than a comment upon the world in which we live. This letter, while written in the same spirit as the report, is important because it responded to something in the world beyond Harvard. Rudenstine seems finally to have realized his bully pulpit, at least in small measure...
Though the monetary value of Harvard's account is not large in comparison to PepsiCo's net earnings, Berry says he believes that "Harvard has a little bit of bully pulpit and we might be able to use that to get Pepsi to pull out of Burma...
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...
...years to follow under Russell will hopefully be more pro-active than it appears from her recent statements. We are encouraged by her reasonable positions on the important issue of superintendent selection, but hope that her the mayoral office doesn't lose its current status as an active bully pulpit as the result of compromises like the one which put her into office...