The public man needs to keep his eye on the ball not the scoreboard.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4555422

Harry Truman talks about how the public man (more often than not a man/woman in office) needs to think about the decision as it will affect the public at that point in time and in the near future as opposed to thinking about how it will make them look in the History books.

Reminded me of the Bush administration. Not that I'm saying Bush is acting like a hero and avoiding criticism to maintain profesionalism. But considering how consistent he is when he faces such scrutiny by the media, the country and the textbook writers. I thought it was interesting that something from the fifties is still pertinent.