prepresidential

Watching news coverage of Saturday's uplifting, pietistic speeches reminded us, too, of the prepresidential Obama -- not the Obama of 2008 and the bizarre personality cult, but the Obama of 2004, who in his Democratic National Convention speech urged listeners to rise above identity politics.

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose 2010

The most authoritative student of his prepresidential career, historian Randolph C.

LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

The most authoritative student of his prepresidential career, historian Randolph C.

LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

He is researching a prepresidential biography of Barack Obama.

An Unfinished Dream 2009

During his final prepresidential vacation last month in Hawaii, he managed to squeeze in two rounds and has said that he aspires, postpresidentially, to become a single-digit handicapper.

The State of Blacks in Golf 2009

Few presidents acquire such abilities in the course of their prepresidential careers, and this president, particularly, is not disposed to such reflections.

Miers: View From the Cheap Seats 2005

But his success was a tribute to the people's need for such a figure; to his remarkable prepresidential record; and to his talents as a leader and an actor Washington knew perfectly well that Abigail Adams and others saw him as a divine temple, and he labored to fulfill their expectations.

America's First Dynasty Richard Brookhiser 2002

Three American diplomats, including James Buchanan in his prepresidential career, had plotted to buy Cuba from Spain.

America's First Dynasty Richard Brookhiser 2002

Jackson had held elective office, and engaged in rough frontier diplomacy before he became chief executive; the prepresidential Washington had done all that, and picked the brightest brains of the political class.

America's First Dynasty Richard Brookhiser 2002

Easier prepresidential schedules also save wear and tear before the nomination sprint begins this fall.

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