That might be one reason why former and sitting governors--like Carter, Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush--have found success.
Yet Jones would not be pressed on whether it was someone elsewhere within the region's structure who had money and influence to bring someone like Carter in.
Like Carter before him, Obama may succeed for a time in evading public scrutiny for his foreign-policy failures because the public will be too concerned with his domestic failures to notice them.
Clinton, though he reversed his tax stance once in office, ran on tax cuts, and then quite unlike Democratic Party failures like Carter, Mondale and Dukakis who played to the losers in the electorate, made it known he was a different kind of Democrat.
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With the Star Wars IP, the experience with big disappointments like John Carter and big hits like The Avengers, Disney really is positioned to make some great new films.
Right now, on the world stage, Obama is looking more and more like Jimmy Carter.
Indeed, he's more like Jimmy Carter, in this respect: tough as nails, without the apparent biblical attachment to Israel.
As Jeff Bock at Exhibitor Relations points out, there is nothing like John Carter in theaters right now.
Barack Obama, just like Jimmy Carter, sincerely believes he operates on a higher moral plane than those who dirty their hands in business and investment.
As a successful (though initially little-known) governor, Mr Dean looks an awful lot like Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton, the only Democrats to win the White House in the past 35 years.
The archetypal northern terraced houses on a steep hill look like they belong in cult gritty 70s movies like Get Carter or the famous Hovis Advert where the little boy pushes his bicycle up a big hill.
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Rampant inflation, like that under Carter, has a similar impact because it makes each dollar worth less.
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Like Obama, Carter wanted a more accommodating foreign policy, especially with regards to those who wish us ill.
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Perhaps if he had, like Egyptologist Howard Carter, discovered gold, jewelry and other fabulous funerary objects during his exploration of the ancient overland road to China rather than musty books of Buddhist sutras (even if they did include the world's oldest known printed volume), his lasting fame might have been secured.
The most potent, constructive medicine would be for the Bush Administration to stop its Jimmy Carter-like weakening of the dollar.
To the contrary, like former president Jimmy Carter, Huckabee advocates an emasculated foreign policy based on being nice to other countries.
But all were released following negotiations - some of which involved unofficial visits by high-profile Americans like former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.
Yet Carter played it like a teenage rookie trying to impress the coaches in spring training.
Players like Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter, Nate Robinson (a three-time winner) and Dwight Howard have helped keep things relevant.
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Like Dejah Thoris from John Carter, Anderson was someone a female audience can admire, and Thirlby deserves praise for her portrayal.
Obama is revealing himself to be more like a Woodrow Wilson or Jimmy Carter, pinched and self-righteous.
Carter really does seem like the real deal when it comes to charity.
In them, pro players take to the playground with hyperbolized action, like the NBA's Vince Carter pulling off 360-degree dunks and other fancy tricks.
Personal favorites include Helena Bonham-Carter's banshee-like Bellatrix LeStrange, Gary Oldman's stalwart Sirius Black and Maggie Smith's dotty but redoubtable Minerva McGonagall.
Free-speech advocates argue that the "like" should have been clearly protected by Carter's right to freedom of expression.
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When someone like our new president -- or President Carter himself -- is elected without being widely known by the public before the presidential campaign, opinions can change once in office.
Within four years, as Carter discovered, the new boss looks like the old boss and "the system" seems the same.
In 1976, like many other fundamentalist Christians, the Bachmanns supported Jimmy Carter, a born-again Baptist.
Walt Disney animated feature, a Star Wars entry, and the offhand Disney-specific franchise entry (think Pirates of the Caribbean 5, coming summer 2015) means that Disney will have an annual slate of almost predetermined blockbusters without even breaking a sweat, which in turn will give them the financial safety net to withstand the periodic John Carter and make occasional non-tent poles like the upcoming Saving Mr. Banks.
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