Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics. – Robert Teeter
Every person has only so much attention to give, and politics and government takes up only a fraction of what it did 25 years ago. – Robert Teeter
Whatever he does should be seen as working at the Presidency and if he goes to Colorado for Christmas, it should be for a minimum amount of time, the family tradition and family get-together aspect emphasized, and it be seen as a working vacation. – Robert Teeter
The Presidents political travel is going to get blamed (and probably rightly) for a share of this downturn. – Robert Teeter
I will go to the next election saying to Australians, vote for me, vote for the Liberal Party, and I will become your PM. So Im offering myself as the alternative PM – thats one way people describe the Leader of the Opposition – but Im not in politics for myself to realize a personal ambition. – Malcolm Turnbull