Schenkkan and Rauch are very good at choreographing the internal rhythms of political life — a world where "commitment" passes for depth — but that isn't quite enough to distract us from Cranston's huff-and-puff butch acting.
What sustains them is not only individual pluck and discipline, but the solidarity, the support, of family and an ideal of excellence and commitment passed on from one generation to the next.
Schenkkan and Rauch are very good at choreographing the internal rhythms of political life a world where "commitment" passes for depth but that isn't quite enough to distract us from Cranston's huff-and-puff butch acting.
For one thing, the truthmaker criterion will let in those implicit commitments that pass the sufficiency test, and there seems to be no principled reason for admitting these implicit commitments, but not the others.
The Senators who flipped had obtained other concessions, on issues like the Export-Import Bank and currency manipulation - but tellingly most of the concessions were promises to let something be voted on, not commitments to pass them.
President Bush met with House Republican leaders this afternoon to discuss education and tax cuts and restate his commitment to pass a bipartisan education bill.
WASHINGTON Even as Speaker Nancy Pelosi affirmed her commitment to pass far-reaching health care legislation this year, members of Congress and health policy experts began Thursday to deal with the reality that a smaller bill would have a better chance.
Speaking of President Obama's role in pressing for health care legislation, Mr. Durbin said, "We need that same determination and that same commitment to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year".
Mr. Oberstar said that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, had made a "firm commitment" to pass an economic recovery bill, with money for transportation and public works, as soon as possible.
I am thankful for the statesmanlike deal between outgoing Majority Leader Harry Reid and Majority Leader-elect Mitch McConnell to suspend use of the filibuster during the next congressional session, in exchange for a commitment to pass major legislation on immigration, carbon emissions, and gun violence.
