Epstein Secrets

ng, it was compelling, and I think he did to do that as well. But I do think that he needed to take responsibility. My thoughts go back to President Kennedy in the Bay of Pigs crisis. When that was a failure, he stood before the American people and he said victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an

d to take responsibility. My thoughts go back to President Kennedy in the Bay of Pigs crisis. When that was a failur

tory is around the corner." Overall, Rubin writes, Biden "gave the best speech under the circumstances." However, some had a more nuanced reaction. David Axelrod said on CNN (8/16, 559K), "I thought that his case for why we had to get out was strong, it was compelling, and I think he did to do that as well. B

D. Eisenhower had served two full terms. John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Lyndon Johnson, overwhelmed by

of the Presidency, and the experience of recent incumbents offered no guidance. No President since Dwight D. Eisenhower had served two full terms. John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Lyndon Johnson, overwhelmed by the war in Vietnam, had declined to run for reelection in 1968. Richard Nixon resigned less than s

fter. But the ostensible purpose of a political campaign is to articulate for the public what a candidate will do if he prevails. "It's a tension," David Axelrod, Obama's longtime political adviser, said. "On the one hand, you don't want to be presumptuous in assuming a second term. But campaigns are about

declared in his Iowa speech, echoing the advice of his pollsters and strategists. "This party—the party of Jefferson and Jackson; of Roosevelt and Kennedy—has always made the biggest difference in the lives of the American people EFTA00712759 when we led, not by polls, but by principle; not by calcu

vention, in remarks prepared without participation from the Obama campaign. "Barack Obama is ready to be President of the United States," he said. David Axelrod describes the Presidents' relationship as improved. "Would I be truthful if I said to you that we went through a long and difficult campaign in 200