We will wait to see if it is a doozy before we decide how to cover it, and what it all means. Gwen Ifill Read Quote
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. Gwen Ifill Read Quote
Moderating a debate means spending more time with briefing books than with your children. It means writing and rewriting and rephrasing. It means finding a way to be alert enough to notice when your question goes unanswered and nimble enough to decide what you will do about that on the spot. Gwen Ifill Read Quote
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. Gwen Ifill Read Quote
You would like me to say that the veil will be ripped from the voters’ eyes sometime between now and November, thereby restoring the proper version of Democracy to the House and Senate. I won’t say that, of course. The simple reason is, I don’t know. Gwen Ifill Read Quote
People do still cheer for the President. And some of the military audiences are more likely to cheer than others. I have seen him speak lately in front of groups like Freedom House, where the applause was a long time coming. Gwen Ifill Read Quote
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. Gwen Ifill Read Quote
I learned how to cover race riots by telephone. They didn’t pay me enough at my first newspaper job to venture onto the grounds of South Boston High School when bricks were being thrown. Instead, I would telephone the headmaster and ask him to relay to me the number of broken chairs in the cafeteria each day. Gwen Ifill Read Quote
