In the 70 years during which the Institutional Revolutionary Party (if such a thing is possible), known as the PRI, held virtually uncontested national power, each administration had to hide the mistakes and corruption of its predecessor.
Each presidential administration has framed these interests somewhat differently, and of course each has pursued its own particular path in seeking to secure them, but the core tenets have not varied significantly.
And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are going to regenerate and they have not.
"And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not," Mr. Obama went on.
"And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not.
Each successive recent administration has overread its election mandate.
In each instance, the administration has depicted the critics as disgruntled and politically motivated.
In each case, the administration has had to navigate the politics of continuing an aggressive intelligence operation while placating supporters who want an end to what they see as flagrant abuses of the Bush era.
"At a time when the United States is running record-breaking deficits of $400 billion each year, the administration has not even included these $58 billion in occupation costs in its budget.
In each case, the Obama administration has done little more than mutter objections under its breath.
