The media, I think, wants Kerry to win. And I think they're going to portray Kerry and Edwards - I'm talking about the establishment media, not Fox …

- Evan Thomas

I don't think the Republicans would appreciate the comparison, but they're exactly like the Labor Party in England in the 1970s. They're letting thei…

- Evan Thomas

Great historians can make the discovery of the real story more exciting than the romantic myth. Stacy Schiff, a great historian as well as a wonderfu…

- Evan Thomas

We're understanding what Obama is. He is the great teacher. He is this guy that stands above everybody. There's some condescension in it, but he stan…

- Evan Thomas

American boys should not be seen dying on the nightly news. Wars should be over in three days or less, or before Congress invokes the War Powers Reso…

- Evan Thomas

As a farmer, you learn quick: You don't get anything that you don't work hard for.

- Evan Thomas

A Lincolnesque leader is confident enough to be humble - to not feel the need to bluster or dominate, but to be sufficiently sure of one's own judgme…

- Evan Thomas

Wars should be over in three days or less...and the American people must be all for it from the outset.

- Evan Thomas

Bush's life is that a fundamentally decent man presided over a moment when politics got meaner and rougher. '88 was the year of the handler, of bring…

- Evan Thomas