Word: statesman
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...Obama, who at times during his campaign has spoken critically of Clinton's two terms in office, returned the favor. He called Clinton passionate and smart, "a great President, a great statesman, a great supporter...
...able to do more than one thing at a time." But there was a storm brewing among Obama's supporters in Congress and the Beltway establishment. "My BlackBerry was exploding," said an Obama aide. "They were saying we had to suspend. McCain was going to look more like a statesman, above the fray...
...number of times we hear him on the telephone tapes telling friends and enemies, "I love you." This is an unusual thing to hear ... Nixon, I think, is another good example, where in public he could, with some exception, be quite statesmanlike. He could be the world statesman. You listen to him in private, and it's a very different person...
Every man is a moon, Mark Twain liked to say, with a dark side he doesn't show anybody. The set speeches and careful debates tell us only how candidates want to be seen. Nixon could be a statesman in public and a hit man in private. Eisenhower was the amiable uncle - except that it was known around the White House that if the President was wearing a brown suit that day, stay away or risk his wrath. His reputation as an indifferent manager evaporated once scholars got a look at his papers, which showed a much more engaged...
Obama, meanwhile, is running a campaign with the unofficial motto No Drama Obama. He handles emotion with rubber gloves and tongs, as though he has internalized Napoleon's dictum that the heart of a statesman should be in his head. His body language is restrained, his emotional range narrow: "I don't get too high when I'm high, and I don't get too low when I'm low," he says. "That, I think, is a temperamental strength...