The news was even better than optimistic investors anticipated.
Like Mr. Reagan, Mr. Bush is trying to persuade an electorate that does not necessarily prefer his positions and policies that he would be a better, more optimistic, more inspiring leader.
It's always better to be optimistic.
Others might have changed since their last review (for the better, the eternally optimistic critic hopes!).
But De Bernières's temperament is more optimistic – better for him than it is for his poetry.
"Amid the wreckage and devastation in Iraq this is something good, something hopeful, that we can paint a brighter spot on a wall to make people feel better and more optimistic," he said.
Mr Prodi said it would ease the inequality of the "most unjust of the major European countries"; the finance minister claimed that 90% of taxpayers would be better off.That looks optimistic, especially since most of the spending cuts must be enacted by local authorities that may raise other taxes to offset them.
As the CEO of a ticketing company committed to the mission of making the ticket market better, I'm optimistic about the industry's chances for two reasons, beyond the current investment in technology.
"And I think you will see a new, and better, and more optimistic, solution-oriented Republican Party going into the general election," he said.
They are as large or larger in number, better-educated, ambitious, optimistic and determined to enjoy a more well-rounded life than their mothers' generations, according to polls from The Washington Post and Pew Research Center.
