The Florida senator tried to pivot away from talking about "the challenges we're facing" and instead present an optimistic, albeit vague vision for the United States.
He is not proposing more budget cuts, relying instead on an optimistic wishlist of accounting changes, including lower debt-servicing costs, reimbursed EU budget contributions and extra revenues from a fresh clampdown on tax evasion.
Perhaps it should be called the LG Optimistic instead.
Obama -- and, by extension, the Democrats -- would have appeared out-of-touch instead of cheerily optimistic.
Most of us do that because of the conventional wisdom that it's better to be positive than negative, optimistic instead of pessimistic.
In doing so, the challenges in neonatal health can be recognised and resources may be distributed according to real needs instead of overly optimistic indicators.
Before you go to talk, get optimistic instead of pessimistic.
Work on being optimistic instead of looking for reasons to complain, and you'll be on your way to expressing gratitude more often.
He was so optimistic that instead of receiving subsidies, he promised to pay the government a bonus of £4.3 million next year.
But her last major novel, "The Life and Death of Harriett Frean", was far less optimistic and instead showed a woman in denial about her own desires, living her life through a mother who kills her with kindness.
