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" Americans don't mind rich politicians. History is full of them. What they do mind are people who ask for their vote but don't connect with them. "

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" I wish more people read hard copies of the newspaper and watched the evening news from start to finish. "

" Tony Blair - good thing there are not parliamentary elections in this country. "

" I've been fortunate enough to write a book and travel the country to sign and sell it, so I can safely say that a five-second burst of conversation while you're scribbling your name, over and over, is not the most reliable way to bond with Americans. "

" If you start to catalog Hillary Clinton's positions between now and 2008, we're going to have a lot of conversations because there are a lot of places for her to go. "

" If it were the Clinton people, they'd be sitting around figuring out how to pull themselves out. Instead the president is continuing to go around the country and peddling Social Security, which the needle is not moving on. "

" Simply as an exercise in efficient politics, Obama '08 rewrote the textbook. His accomplishment was historic and one that transformed how race and politics intersect in our society. Obama is the leading edge of this change, but his success is merely the ripple in a pond that grows deeper every day. "

" Hyperbole is not easily dealt with. Usually, it collapses under its own weight. "

" On immigration, there are a lot of hurdles before anything arrives at the White House. "

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" If Donald Trump has proved anything, it is that there is nothing more powerful than a candidate's voice. "

" Did I say that the President's entire job is image management? Of course not. "

" We're not paying attention to the fact that Hillary Clinton is running in 2006. Everyone is looking to her for the future. It's the same with anybody else who's positioning themselves. "

" There seems to be more abiding interest in unearthing old memos abroad than there is here. "

" When population shifts - brought about by fair housing laws, affirmative action and landmark school desegregation rulings - political power is challenged as well. "

" Journalists like to give themselves credit for being on the hunt for 'the truth.' But if we embrace this undoubtedly noble but somewhat haughty interpretation of a calling, we inevitably become susceptible to slam dunk answers. "

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" If someone is complaining about the question or the questioner rather than providing an answer, they're usually trying to change the subject. "

" History shows that people often do cast their votes for amorphous reasons-the most powerful among them being the need for change. Just ask Bill Clinton. "

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" Folks who are getting their strokes in the South are not as unhappy with Howard Dean. You don't see anybody starting any movement to get him out of office. "

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