Hillary Clinton has made it clear over and over again that we are at our best when we lift people up; we should be leaving no one behind. That is not always her home base, but it’s always part of what she says. Joel Benenson Read Quote
Most public polling continues to be reported on strictly from a topline, horserace-type perspective that does nothing, or at best very little, to illuminate the news of the day. Joel Benenson Read Quote
I was a reporter for Gannett and the ‘N.Y. Daily News’ covering Gov. Mario Cuomo’s dance with presidential races in both 1988 and 1991. Joel Benenson Read Quote
I don’t see any state that Democrats have won five out of six times, or six out of six times, that Trump, you know, at face value, poses a threat in. I just don’t see it. Joel Benenson Read Quote
Young Joel Benenson supported – well, I – you know, look, I supported Bobby Kennedy, not Eugene McCarthy in ’68. I mean, that’s where I landed. Joel Benenson Read Quote
I think what is important, whether you are Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, is to embrace and own your identity. I think that’s not political. That’s good in life, and it certainly is the best way to be when you are running for office. If you don’t do that, the voters will see through it. Joel Benenson Read Quote
I understand that people in the media want this to be a sprint every day, but the truth is a presidential campaign is a marathon. Joel Benenson Read Quote
When you hear ‘experience,’ that’s all about resume. And Obama didn’t have the resume. But we knew, long before that, ‘steady in a crisis’ was much more important than ‘experience.’ When you watched the presidential campaign, you saw that Obama was the one who happened to be steady… He demonstrated aspects of his character people were hungry for. Joel Benenson Read Quote
I’m still a hard-edged reporter, but I’m an optimist. I’m a perpetual optimist. Joel Benenson Read Quote
The challenge with a candidate like Donald Trump is he’s not a conventional candidate, and he doesn’t run a conventional campaign, and he doesn’t answer questions in a conventional way. Joel Benenson Read Quote
