So has he turned aside politics to become totally a statesman?
But we have to behave as if they aren't, and try to turn American politics around.
He said there were Christians on both the left and the right who had turned politics and patriotism into "idolatry."
"It turned politics into what we in talk radio call water-cooler conversation."
We had turned politics into an exact science, at long last.
He spoke about turning partisan politics into a new age of unity:
James Carville, the former campaign manager and Democratic talking head, has often been criticized for turning politics into sports.
Assignment to one of the convention's best prime-time speech slots with permission to turn American politics into religious warfare.
To turn somber politics into lively art is some kind of triumph over the politicians.
When the conversation turned to television, and thereby politics, she became cautious, but then gradually relaxed.