Quotes for All
There’s a normal tendency in the campaign, during a crisis, for the country to rally around the White House. vThat may help Al Gore in this campaign, but on the other hand, George W. Bush handled himself so well the other night on foreign policy that I think it fortified him just before this crisis … Read more
Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio. David Gergen
I don’t have any problem with a reporter or a news person who says the President is uninformed on this issue or that issue. I don’t think any of us would challenge that. I do have a problem with the singular focus on this, as if that’s the only standard by which we ought to … Read more
I think it’s particularly raw coming the day after the Electoral College, and Bill Clinton, he’s taking this hard. It’s been very hard to him. He thought his wife was gonna win. He believed she should have won. I think he believes, basically, it was an unfair result. David Gergen
If you look at history, every major realignment in our politics is a joining together of a new generation and emerging technologies. Obama has been a pioneer in joining the powers of the Internet with the principles of community organizing. Howard Dean used the Internet for meetups – Obama used it to create a movement. … Read more
If you’ve got some news that you don’t want to get noticed, put it out Friday afternoon 4:00 pm. David Gergen
One cannot underestimate how widely admired Tom Daschle is in Washington for his integrity. David Gergen
I think there’s some generational difference between some of the older members of the press and this younger president [Bill Clinton]. I think the older members are not quite on the same wave length, and in general. I think it’s been very devastating to the president. David Gergen
There is a cannibalism that’s loose in our society in which public figures such as the Clintons could try to come into this town and do something good for this country and then they get hammered away even though they’re trying to do the right thing. David Gergen
We know from past history that when young people vote for one party a couple of times, they tend to vote for that party during their adult lifetimes in disproportionate numbers. David Gergen