tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13520324.post1132645302056359459..comments2024-03-21T13:15:26.838-04:00Comments on The Rural Blog: Rural publisher says president should have focused attention on uninsured poor to boost ObamacareMelissa Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558431327921705882noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13520324.post-7838419427449898102014-05-26T10:58:28.797-04:002014-05-26T10:58:28.797-04:00Ayers quotes presidential historian James David Ba...Ayers quotes presidential historian James David Barber: “The presidency is much more than an institution. It is a focus of feelings. . . . The presidency is the focus of the most intense and persistent emotions in the American polity. The President is a symbolic leader, the one figure who draws together the peoples’ hopes and fears for the political future. On top of all his routine duties he must carry that off — or fail.”Al Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12359789093150390148noreply@blogger.com