And the second thing is, I think the world would look at us differently the day I got elected, because it would be a reaffirmation of what America is, about the constant perfecting of who we are. And for them, the world would change on that day. The first is, when I raise my hand and take that oath of office, there are millions of kids around this country who don’t believe that it would ever be possible for them to be president of the United States. “Well, there are a lot of things I think I can accomplish, but two things I know. My instinct is that people who are ready are folks who go into it understanding the gravity of their work, and are able to combine vision and judgment.” ( New Yorker, November 6, 2006)Ĥ. It’s not clear that JFK was ‘ready’ to be president, it’s not clear that Harry Truman, when he was elevated, was ‘ready,’ and yet, somehow, some people respond and some people don’t.
“I don’t know exactly what makes somebody ready to be president. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt represented.” ( Time, October 15, 2006)ģ. “This country is ready for a transformative politics of the sort that John F.
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