F.D.R. had to deal with Southern segregationists - and outright racists - who held power in Congress, so he had to yield to that power in order to get his New Deal legislation passed.
There are good people who are dealt a bad hand by fate, and bad people who live long, comfortable, privileged lives. A small twist of fate can save o… - Jeff Greenfield
There are good people who are dealt a bad hand by fate, and bad people who live long, comfortable, privileged lives. A small twist of fate can save o…
- Jeff Greenfield
In politics, Bugs Bunny always beats Daffy Duck. Daffy's always going berserk, jumping up and down, yelling. Bugs's got that sly smile, like he alway… - Jeff Greenfield
In politics, Bugs Bunny always beats Daffy Duck. Daffy's always going berserk, jumping up and down, yelling. Bugs's got that sly smile, like he alway…
After immersing myself in the mysteries of the Electoral College for a novel I wrote in the '90s, I came away believing that the case for scrapping i… - Jeff Greenfield
After immersing myself in the mysteries of the Electoral College for a novel I wrote in the '90s, I came away believing that the case for scrapping i…
Conservatives may worship Adam Smith's 'invisible hand,' but for Obama, the helping hand comes in large measure from the public, not the private sect… - Jeff Greenfield
Conservatives may worship Adam Smith's 'invisible hand,' but for Obama, the helping hand comes in large measure from the public, not the private sect…
More things in politics happen by accident or exhaustion than happen by conspiracy. - Jeff Greenfield
More things in politics happen by accident or exhaustion than happen by conspiracy.
In every debate, whatever the format, whatever the questions, there is one and only one way to identify the winner: Who commands the room? Who drives… - Jeff Greenfield
In every debate, whatever the format, whatever the questions, there is one and only one way to identify the winner: Who commands the room? Who drives…
Well, politics is war, and in war, truth is the first casualty. - Jeff Greenfield
Well, politics is war, and in war, truth is the first casualty.
As a personal matter, I stopped voting more than a decade ago, on the grounds that it helped me as an analyst not to think about making a choice in t… - Jeff Greenfield
As a personal matter, I stopped voting more than a decade ago, on the grounds that it helped me as an analyst not to think about making a choice in t…
Victory has 1,000 fathers; defeat has 1,000 kibitzers. - Jeff Greenfield
Victory has 1,000 fathers; defeat has 1,000 kibitzers.
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