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...enough people just enough to stave off congressional action. "The president probably bought himself some time," said Thomas Mann, an expert on Congress at the Brookings Institution. "Pressure will build again, but it will take some time...
...political system may well thwart any president's ambitions to achieve large-scale reform. The Brookings Institution's Thomas Mann, in the lead article in the winter issue of its publication, says the ''poisonous atmosphere'' of partisanship...
...person, which is the majority of Americans. ''So I think that I truly represent the majority of Americans.'' Thomas Mann, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, says Ventura still is more flash than substance...
...director of the Pew Research Center, doesn't see the same instability in this campaign. He sees a Gore trend. So does Thomas Mann, an analyst at the Brookings Institution. "The fundamentals of this election favor the Democrats," he said...
...prospect of any major shift in the dynamics of the race, that's probably better news for Gore than for Bush, suggested Thomas Mann, an analyst with the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank.
...horrible thing, but as far as his presidency it's an opportunity to get a bit of a fresh start with the people," said Thomas Mann, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington. Part of Bush's challenge will be communicating to the...
...impression they are uttered more in sorrow than in anger. "He really does have a way of relating to people," said Thomas Mann, a congressional expert at the Brookings Institution. "My own view is it won't work -- they won't be able to...
...Bush's response resonated so well with the public ... that it has brought him an extra measure of support," said Thomas Mann, a political analyst at the Brookings Institution. A Pew Research Center analysis of Bush's job approval suggests...
...refusal by Republicans to compromise in any way on their radical agenda," said Minority Leader Tom Daschle, S.D. Thomas Mann, a congressional scholar at the Brookings Institution, said Congress dealt with "significant legislation" this year...
...how small you are." Feiler prepared for his trip by reading 150 books -- everything from Lawrence of Arabia to Thomas Mann, from rabbinic commentary to politics and history. But during the trip, "my learning went from my head to my feet...