Now that he can't hide behind his pre-election spin, education spending is not a conversation David Cameron wants.
Since taking the witness stand Friday, Wildstein has described coordinated efforts by Christie's office to use the Port Authority's power to punish local officials who failed to get behind his re-election campaign.
It was a world away from George Bush's sniping at "countries like France" in his election campaign.Yet behind the tender words, big differences remain.
The goal is for Mr. Bush to blunt Democrats' advantage with Hispanic voters, and the hope that he can do that is fueled by the demographics behind his 1998 re-election in Texas.
When Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threw his weight behind Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his suspect election result he spent much of his authority and nearly all of his political capital.
Also joining Mr. Obama was Senator Carl Levin, Democrat of Michigan, who, as Mr. Obama told his audience, gave the president a Labor Day address that President Harry S. Truman delivered in Detroit in 1948, the year of his come-from-behind election after campaigning against "do-nothing" Republicans.
His "give 'em hell, Harry" come-from-behind 1948 election victory is the centerpiece of the Truman legend.
Ever since his come-from-way-behind election victory in 2001, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has taken a special delight in proving what he calls "the smart money" wrong.
His last election behind him, Mr Obama now looks to Republicans like a huckster out of fresh patter, peddling ideas far from the mainstream.
He has been almost as much a political as a sports figure in Argentina since the 1995 presidential campaign, when he appeared in television advertisements and on the stump for President Carlos Saul Menem, giving a vital push to his come-from-behind re-election victory.
