The Democrats are known as the "mommy" party, the one that voters trust on issues like education, health care and social security.
A person with this internal conflict may be extremely clever and shrewd, one to listen to on many issues, one to trust on many issues, and may even win a Nobel Prize for her intellectual greatness, but she is not admirable enough, and rationally consistent enough, to be wise.
There is some precedent for working with states that you don't trust on cybersecurity issues.
It is a truism, and tautological, that people will listen more to those they trust on particular issues.
Pete Wilson is the Democratic Party's best argument for why Republicans cannot be trusted on immigration issues in California.
McCain continues to be favored as the candidate most trusted on the issue — albeit with a statistically insignificant edge.
Today's Reality Check investigates Nick Clegg's claim that Labour and the Tories can't be trusted on the issue.
In the Post-ABC poll, Mr. Obama had reversed Republicans' edge in an October poll on who is more trusted on the issue of taxes.
The upshot is that it is now known that "the N.S.A. cannot be trusted on the issue of cyber security," said Soghoian.
But while Republicans are more trusted on the issue, Americans believe that the president is more genuine in wanting to reduce the deficit.
