Political Spectrum

I had a reputation

I had a reputation of being somewhat moderate, partly, I think, because I wasn’t a ‘bomb thrower’ like some of my conservative colleagues, and partly because I got along with people all across the political spectrum. Dick Cheney

Affairs of state tend

Affairs of state tend to drive most presidents toward the center on both foreign and domestic policy, no matter where on the political spectrum they begin, and especially so in the areas of intelligence and law enforcement. David K. Shipler

I find that the

I find that the great majority of public servants across the entire political spectrum come because they believe in the United States and they want to change the world. Condoleezza Rice

I think you can’t

I think you can’t demonize somebody that’s on the other side of the political spectrum, or you can’t generalize about them. Bruce Springsteen

The conservative side of

The conservative side of our political spectrum has had an outsized voice over the last few years. I think especially since the establishment of Fox News, which has created an echo chamber in which people just hear the same ideas repeated ad infinitum. And you know, it’s just basic advertising, basically. You hear the same … Read more

After 9/11, I knew

After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well. Brian K. Vaughan

I can’t marry myself

I can’t marry myself to one idea or one form of doing politics or one form of understanding politics. I believe that we have to play the game of strategy, and understand how to move the pieces because this is how the political spectrum functions. Bocafloja

Now, I’ve lived long

Now, I’ve lived long enough to know that race relations are better than they were 10 or 20 or 30 years ago no matter what some folks say. You can see it not just in statistics, you see it in the attitudes of young Americans across the political spectrum. But we’re not where we need … Read more

It’s not just the

It’s not just the over $8 billion that we would be saving in law enforcement; it’s also the over $8 billion that we would be making by taxing marijuana… We are filling our jails with nonviolent drug offenders – predominantly young, predominantly African American… It’s a great beyond left and right issue. It has support … Read more

I believe that a

I believe that a concept that may have some flaws is nonetheless important as a tool to critique abuses on all sides of the political spectrum. In the end, I think that a more useful ‘universal’ concept than that of a ‘right’, though, is a ‘need’. Alison Assiter