Jim Messina, the campaign manager for the president's re-election, said the criticism was largely a "Washington conversation" that did not match up with the on-the-ground enthusiasm for Mr. Obama among his network of supporters.
Hume describes enthusiasm as grounded in "hope, pride, presumption, a warm imagination, together with ignorance" (SE 147), and (compared with superstition) as less hospitable to priestly power, more supportive of civil liberties, and more conducive to violence (at least in the early stages of an enthusiastic religious movement).
His usual contagious smile and boundless enthusiasm have been grounded by the Heat's constant pressure.
"We needed people on the ground with enthusiasm – this is not a top-down thing". Dreschler says there is no limit to the number of social enterprises it could partner with.
The text (which is free and can be downloaded) is amply illustrated with drawings and covers fresh ground with enthusiasm.
The first episode captures the ground-level enthusiasm during the Iowa Republican primary for Ernst, who burst onto the national stage with the cycle's most memorable campaign ad, which touted her experience castrating hogs.
According to Bloom: "The enthusiasm for empathy is grounded in the idea that, if everybody would be more empathic, everybody would have political views just like me.
But while he philosophizes, the band, including a cello, backs him with the enthusiasm of buskers, keeping the songs grounded.
This enthusiasm about the Internet is not irrational but grounded in reality in light of the recent market crash of Internet retailers.
And I was particularly pleased that the conference witnessed both excitement and enthusiasm and scepticism and concern, that's essential to keep Open Government Partnership grounded and sharp.
Instead, prime-time hours were given over to figures better known for being ideologically out of step with the President than for hanging around with him (John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Arnold Schwarzenegger), who found common ground in their enthusiasm for Bush as a war leader.
