Word: brilliante
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...call it the underrated presidency. His brilliant handling of the economy is unparalleled in our time, and he was also impressive in foreign policy, like Kosovo. You felt like there was finally a President who understood the economy. I've been with the President in many social situations where I've seen him engage a brilliant economist. He can do it in a detailed way, and the great thing about the President is that he gets into a detailed level with anybody. I've seen him talk about records with David Geffen, where he can talk about an obscure 1950s...
...less harsh, and there's no impeachment. Once the budget is balanced and the economy is prosperous, then his liberal instincts come back to the fore, and it's he who gets to spend the surplus on education, health care and Social Security. Then he would have had a brilliant presidency. But then again, I was one of those who wanted to believe he was more liberal than he was. But I admit there was hardly any evidence of it, even when he was freed up at times...
...also his tactical understanding of both politics and the press, his remarkable sense of timing. It is also emblematic of how the President has functioned when his back has been against the wall. When the times seem to be the worst, he functions the best. He comes up with brilliant ideas, very bold schemes, extraordinary insights. He summons forth from the depths of his very being these superhuman energies. Up until that point Gingrich had all the momentum. After that, Gingrich was on the run. It stopped the right-wing armada, which just a year before had looked unstoppable...
...great American rhinoceros has become a brilliant tightrope walker. Who imagined that the greatest power the earth has ever known could balance its corpulent, corporate self so exquisitely and walk across the bridge into the 21st century as if toeing a cable over the abyss...
...find it difficult to meet the needs of so many groups of people, the two men could divide duties. One negotiates with Israel, while the other talks with the Palestinians. One sorts out the economy, while the other deals with Social Security. In fact, this suggestion is so brilliant, perhaps it should happen every election. We make it as far as the conventions, and then the two winners can spend the next few months getting to know each other, having a couple of beers, becoming buddies, learning to agree on everything. But there...