In the face of severe partisan divisions, a still floundering economy, and two foreign wars, "yes we can" is at risk of becoming this generation's "a chicken in every pot." That is, a punchline rather than a political affirmation.
Quotes about floundering (16 Quotes)
It snowballed into people believing the president wouldn't talk to her and that she was floundering around, ... She was trying to paint this false environment, trying to paint the president as a monster, and there was no truth to that.
We were a team kind of just flapping in the wind and floundering around, not because they weren't trying but because we hadn't found ourselves yet. I knew we'd get better. But I didn't anticipate us coming together and having a surge like we've had here since we started conference play.
The day is committed to error and floundering success and achievement are matters of long range.
No. Absolutely not. This is absolutely ridiculous. This is nothing but a desperate ploy by Mayor Sulzer to take attention away from a floundering campaign.
America's founding fathers did not intend to take religion out of education. Many of the nation's greatest universities were founded by evangelists and religious leaders but many of these have lost the founders concept and become secular institutions. Because of this attitude, secular education is stumbling and floundering.
I did ('Dumb Dumber') when my career was kind of floundering, ... . . . I knew it was a comedy only 15-year-old boys would like. None of us knew it would explode (into a blockbuster hit) the way it did.
I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea.
I think the whole movement, both in the black community and in the federal government and in big business, is sort of floundering.
You realize there are certain things that you'll never do that you always thought would be part of your future, ... It's a big relief to discover what you are best-suited for, and it's a real advantage to be able then to focus. You can just jettison all this useless floundering around, attempting to do stuff that's really not in your range, and focus.
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A lot of craziness can happen. It has happened. All we can do is take care of ourselves. We have a big stretch here -- three games in a short period. Are we going to be in the thick of the race Or are we going to be floundering along, worrying about getting in the NCAA tournament
If only AFL-CIO President Sweeney and President Clinton hadn't persuaded the labor movement to throw its support behind Gore last October, when his campaign was floundering.
Most women have men in their lives, and if those males are floundering in some way if they are laid off at the factory or the son is acting out in school it's upsetting.
The spectacle of a mayor and a governor throwing mud at each other while the city and the area were floundering was not a pretty one. That's another area where it's going to take some time and some historians to figure out whether he was let down by the government or not. On the other hand, his anger at those with a higher place on the hierarchy is an understandable one.
Kosovo is the tip of the iceberg. Below the water line the overwhelming factor has been a depressing combination of floundering growth and a weak currency.