Health reform is, in some ways, a microcosm to everything that’s right about Washington and everything that’s wrong about it. Daniel Pfeiffer Read Quote
There’s a lot of work you have to do before you ever fire the starting gun on a health reform bill – doing the scut work with members of Congress, talking to your allies – to figure out the best plan. Daniel Pfeiffer Read Quote
I do think the strategy of Trump, and now the Republican Party, is to eviscerate the idea of objective truth. Daniel Pfeiffer Read Quote
What I learned from Barack Obama the person is that you can be a great leader and a good person at the same time and that the way to be the best kind of leader is to be decent to the people around you. Daniel Pfeiffer Read Quote
I worry that, given the way the 2016 election went, how cynical and how terrible politics seems, that young people will be less likely to get involved. Daniel Pfeiffer Read Quote
I think politics is an incredibly noble and fulfilling enterprise, and it’s the best way to do the most good for the most people. Daniel Pfeiffer Read Quote
There’s never been a time when we’ve taken progressive action and regretted it. Daniel Pfeiffer Read Quote
I’ve always believed that the fundamental, driving strategic ethos of the Republican House leadership has been, ‘What do we do to get through the next caucus or conference without getting yelled at?’ We should never assume they have a long game. Daniel Pfeiffer Read Quote
What drives 90 percent of stuff is not the small tactical decisions or the personal relationships but the big, macro political incentives. Daniel Pfeiffer Read Quote
We always say in the Obama world, in the toughest times, you can laugh or you can cry, so you might as well laugh. Daniel Pfeiffer Read Quote