Merle Black Quotations

Gore is much better known among black politicians for a much longer period of time. I don't know how Bradley breaks that.

She's brought back the old Cynthia. There won't be any more news stories about the new Cynthia McKinney.

Carter's approach is to try to decide what was best for the nation. He was trained as an engineer - his approach was to study a problem and reach his own conclusions and proceed. It's Carter being Carter.

Carter's approach is to try to decide what was best for the nation.

Most voters don't judge a governor on one decision,

He doesn't get away from the problems he has to deal with, he's just brings them with him to another location. I don't think most Americans begrudge him a little time off.

What else can he do? If he doesn't do anything, he will be criticized as being too passive. But no matter how many speeches he makes, nothing will change for the better until they start changing for the better in Iraq.

You can imagine him on the ticket, either as the presidential candidate or the vice president, and Virginia automatically becomes a competitive state.

All of this is consistent. She's doesn't act the way most congress members act.

The presidency is probably the most stressful job in the world. It's good from time to time for him to get away to a new location.