https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/20/this-position-has-perhaps-cost-him-more-on-a-personal-level-than-most-of-his-predecessors/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 11:27:47 -0400<![CDATA[Mr. Obama never wanted to be an ordinary politician — there was a time when Mrs. Obama could barely use that noun to describe her husband — and his advisers resist the idea that he has succumbed to standard Washington practice. Some donors and aides give an “if only” laugh at the idea that the couple now follows political ritual more closely: this is a president who still has not had Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton to dinner but holds lunches to discuss moral philosophy with the fellow Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel.]]>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:40:33 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/20/this-position-has-perhaps-cost-him-more-on-a-personal-level-than-most-of-his-predecessors-n99424