Word: questioningly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...while public opinion in the East seemed to hesitate in reacting to the President's performance since his Camp David summit, but now it has taken a decidedly negative swing. The question is no longer whether Carter has strengthened or weakened his presidency, for it appears certain he has hurt himself...
Most people agree that Carter should have exercised his leadership sooner, but they question his approach. "The Cabinet dismissals are signs of a siege mentality," observed Robert Wildau, an Atlanta attorney. Such views are by no means universal, however. "I sense people still have faith in Carter's leadership," said Joyce Peters, Democratic chairwoman of Bexar County in Texas. "I believe he is stronger in the country than is being perceived." Agreed Texas State Democratic Chairman Billy Goldberg: "Carter is still seen as the guy who sticks with a tough problem...
...press conference, the President scoffed at such challenges. Noting that Jackson had predicted his own election to the presidency in 1976, Carter cracked, "His judgment was not very good then. "And now I am ready for the next question...
...persuade Carter to refurbish his presidency since April, when he sent the President a now famous lengthy memo describing growing pessimism among the American electorate. In March, for instance, Caddell found that 48% of the people he surveyed called themselves "longterm pessimists," up from 30% in 1975. Other pollsters question Caddell's objectivity, and stress that Carter is partly responsible for the public gloom. Their surveys find that Americans are more pessimistic about the President than about themselves. Responds Caddell: "To say it is a question of confidence in Carter begs the larger question...
Adept at posing the unconventional question that gets to the crux of an issue, Donovan is equally intrigued by and perceptive about events at home and abroad. In recent speeches he has expressed his pride in America's past and, despite present problems, his optimism about the future. "One secret of America's strength is that two strains-rebelliousness and willingness to accept orders-run strongly through our national life," he says. "From the tension between these tendencies I think part of the American dynamism is created." He has contended that "our failure to achieve civilized race relations...