Mr. Biden's bid to run as the steady, experienced foreign policy hand was not strengthened last winter when he was forced to explain his remarks about Mr. Obama.
Evan Bayh, a centrist senator and former governor, comes across as thoughtful and steady on foreign policy (he also looks the part, bearing a remarkable resemblance to the actor Kevin Kline), but the early word is that he's a bit too stilted and senatorial, prompting insiders to discourse, yet again, on how few sitting senators are ever elected president.
In fairness, the economic crisis that he inherited made steady concentration on foreign policy more challenging.
The intention was to assure the national viewing audience that Mr. Bush could be trusted both as a commander in chief and someone who could provide a steady hand in foreign policy despite his lack of experience in the field.
So too does his promise to steer Egypt back to a steadier position in foreign policy, following the sometimes erratic posturing of the Muslim Brotherhood.
I will vote for Hillary Clinton because I trust that she will have a steady hand on American foreign policy.
He was an able steward of Ronald Reagan's foreign policy, a steady voice of reason in a White House often embroiled in ideological sniping.
In the absence of results, Obama instead praised his "smarter" approach to foreign policy – "persistent, steady resolve", multilateralism and the diplomacy-backed-by-arms that every president embraces and every successor criticizes for its imbalance.
According to Simon, the Liberal Republican revolt, the Panic of 1873, and the North's conservative retreat from Reconstruction weakened Grant's second term in office, although his foreign policy remained steady.
Mr. Donilon, who was known more as a political dealmaker than a foreign policy strategist, was steady in executing those goals and in rebalancing American policy more toward Asia.
