"I think I would characterize him as conservative who is solutions-oriented," said Representative James Lankford, a freshman from Oklahoma who sought Mr. Coburn's advice before he ran, and seeks his counsel now and then.
Later, when I asked Obama how things had really gone, he smiled thinly and said, "I think I can't characterize it without . . .
I've always, I think, characterized it as a relationship that is multifaceted and is evolving.
"I think Dr. Ryan characterized the issues Wyoming is facing fairly accurately," he said.
I think that what characterized my career up till now was swinging for the fences, and that I had high ambitions.
"I think resiliency has characterized this team all year," Epstein said.
"New York City has begun a new fiscal year with what I think could be characterized as measured optimism," Mr. Bloomberg said at the annual meeting of the New York State Financial Control Board.
"Honestly, Senator Sanders is the only person who I think would characterize me, a woman running to be the first woman President, as exemplifying the establishment," she said.
In Iowa, women 29 years old and younger voted for Sanders by a remarkable margin of nearly 6 to 1. "Honestly, Clintonn said at last week's democratic debate, "Senator Sanders is the only person who I think would characterize me, a woman running to be the first woman president, as exemplifying the establishment.
Yet he insists, "I think to characterize the relationship as a struggle would be unfair".
