There are people who kind of gravitate towards running politics based on new ideas and issues, and that was what the secret was for Clinton. John Podesta Read Quote
Ultimately I think what people care about, particularly on an issue like Social Security, is not really what’s right and what’s left but what’s right and what’s wrong. John Podesta Read Quote
That doesn’t necessarily mean they have to have an explicit proposal that they put forward that all Democrats sign up to, but I think they need to throw some ideas out that, at least directionally, point the way forward. John Podesta Read Quote
I think that what we’ve been able to do is put together both a good group of scholars and analysts and people who aggressively want to make the case to the American public. John Podesta Read Quote
In fact, I think that Governor Clinton, when he was running, and President Clinton, when he was serving, actually governed with a wide range of advisors and a perspective that blended the best of ideas from the center and the left. John Podesta Read Quote
If you ask the people who are professional political analysts, they would say that the way redistricting has worked, that the Republicans have something of a lock on the House until a redistricting occurs after 2010, particularly as a result of what DeLay did in Texas. John Podesta Read Quote
I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered his judgment, wise or unwise, on the merits. John Podesta Read Quote
I think if you look at yesterday’s New York Times poll, particularly when you judge Democrats in Congress versus the Republicans in Congress, people put a little more faith, or even a little more than a little more faith in the Democrats in Congress. John Podesta Read Quote
So I think in those circumstances, there’s some potential that you could see a big pendulum swing like 1994, which people you thought weren’t vulnerable all of the sudden get in trouble. John Podesta Read Quote
So I think it’s important to communicate with the people in terms of what the real facts are on these proposals and try to have a discussion and a dialogue that gives people information. I think they’re hungry for that rather than just political rhetoric. John Podesta Read Quote
