But he can study the presidency of Ronald Reagan, who, on many questions, managed to make his point, and even occasionally to prevail, without inducing mutinous dissent.
He said those statements had been in response to mathematical questions about the Electoral College and whether it was possible for a Democrat to prevail without carrying any Southern states.
Polls show the Prime Minister capable of winning another election, but, if the ongoing corruption investigations topple him, the ultra-nationalist parties that anchor his coalition — Likud, Jewish Home, and Shas — seem poised to prevail without him.
Neither the governing Indian National Congress nor the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to prevail without making deals with a host of ambitious smaller party bosses, who are expected to drive hard bargains for a shot at power.
"Somehow that man with a cigar managed to prevail without the help of round-the-clock-punditry", says Montgomerie.
The men said they were there to enforce calm in the area, though tranquility seemed to prevail without their assistance.
