So what audiences in places like Lancaster, a working-class town of 33,000 about 30 miles southeast of Columbus, are seeing is a subdued and substantive former president going on at length about Iraq, health care, education, job creation and what he portrays as the multiple sins of the Bush administration.
That's led many Beltway observers to believe that if Obama's Latin American policy breaks with that of his predecessor, it will be through stylistic rather than substantive changes; President Obama will strike a warmer, more respectful tone towards Latin American leaders, but the bulk of his actual policies probably won't differ materially from those of Bush or Clinton.
A draft of Mr. Stevens's bill shows that Republican leaders are planning to make few substantive changes to President Bush's request.
"I've held substantive discussions with President Assad and on the full range of serious issues in our bilateral relationship," Mr. Mitchell said.
More or less agreeing with every substantive position of President Obama's, Romney tried to find small differences that would make him appear more cool, more reasonable, and more Presidential than the President himself.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (Reuters) — Zimbabwe's main opposition party could sign an agreement as early as Monday to begin substantive talks with President Robert Mugabe's party on ending an impasse that has worsened the country's severe economic crisis, opposition officials said on Saturday.
UK academics seemingly faulted JFK for the gap between his rhetoric and his substantive achievements as president.
But having carefully considered the president's substantive arguments, I am compelled to vote against the requested authorization.
The result was a business community that nursed something much more painful than a mere substantive disagreement with the president — its leaders felt personally disrespected.
"His focus on fiscal responsibility made the presidential debates more substantive, and resulted in President Clinton making fiscal responsibility a top priority for his administration".
Which is why it is so important now to have a substantive debate about both President Obama's vision of the federal government's role — and Paul Ryan's.
