Quotes by Chris Matthews

Hed made a name for himself out there in the world beyond not just in spite of the distinctly unfashionable persona he presented, but, perhaps, BECAUSE of it.

The author attributes part of the Carter-Reagan divide to their respective attitudes toward the city from which they governed. Carter was deeply suspicious of its coziness. Reagan intended to enjoy his temporary home even while delivering it from its reigning ideology.

The author, at the time a Carter speechwriter in the 1980 campaign, showed visible distress at his bosss performance and was warned by a friend in the traveling press, lest he become the story.

In politics, nothing good ever comes from the unexpected.

Each man had come to know the others caricature as a lie.

The Democrats just dont have a foreign policy that theyre willing to defend, that theyre willing to use to take down the presidents. Were dealing with the power of suggestion here.