In 2004, he slammed the "politics of cynicism" in the name of lifting the middle class; three years later, the presidential candidate Obama promised a Wall Street audience an administration that "believes in your success" while creating "a framework in which all can succeed"; on Monday he called such an approach "about the nation's welfare," not "class warfare".
Israeli officials made it clear that the settlement halt was focused mostly on one audience: the Obama administration, with which relations have been rocky.
His statements about steps to address climate change were hailed by self-described "climate hawks" even though they were accompanied by lines like this one, clearly targeted at a different audience: [M]y administration will keep cutting red tape and speeding up new oil and gas permits.
"We expect to win," he said, promising the audience that his administration would continue to fight the case even if the appeal fails.
In his rambling remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast at the beginning of February, Trump told the audience that his "administration will do everything in its power to defend and protect religious liberty in our land" and alluded to the forthcoming Muslim ban.
--Edward R. Murrow, director of the United States Information Agency (USIA), which handled outreach to foreign audiences during the Kennedy administration and the Cold War, on ABC TV's "Issues and Answers," August 4 , 1963
Stephen Colbert is a great entertainer, but the reason he has resonated so strongly with audiences particularly during this administration is because he has a core of earnestness that deeply reflects a strong moral sense and a desire to educate, illuminate, and do good works.
At the time he received the award, his ideas were finding a receptive audience within the Reagan administration.
It was Mr. Olbermann's "Countdown" that first showed MSNBC there was a substantial audience for anti-Bush administration, anti-Republican commentary.
In Washington, President Bush's spokesman, Ari Fleischer, aimed his comments at a domestic audience, emphasizing that the administration had not compromised its core goals.
