The idea of a mentally ill vice president who suffers in complete isolation was obviously sparked by the behaviors I witnessed by Sarah Palin. What if somebody who was ill-equipped for the office were to ascend to the presidency or vice presidency? What would they do? How long would it take for people to figure it out? Nicolle Wallace Read Quote
The two pillars of winning the presidency are being a strong leader and being someone who understands us and our problems. Nicolle Wallace Read Quote
People always related to President Bush, but in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the Iraq War, his numbers collapsed because people didn’t feel like he handled those properly. Obama is the inverse. He was elected because he was an extraordinary guy, but the fact that he isn’t ordinary has turned out to be politically damaging. Nicolle Wallace Read Quote
Everybody wants to do ‘The View.’ It’s this iconic show. When I worked at the White House, I used to watch the beginning to see what they were talking about. If a political topic was on their radar, I used it as ammunition with the president or the White House staff. Nicolle Wallace Read Quote
Republicans have said much worse things about me than any Democrat ever has. Nicolle Wallace Read Quote
I wasn’t the only one that saw Sarah Palin vacillate between glorious highs on the campaign trail – and, you know, while she was speaking and at the convention – to really troubling lows when she seemed stumped in interviews. Nicolle Wallace Read Quote
I was very much inspired by the things that I’d seen and done in politics, but I was also desperate for a complete departure from the reality of my political experience. ‘It’s Classified’ and my previous book ‘Eighteen Acres’ are both works of fiction, but if they do seem realistic, it’s by design. Nicolle Wallace Read Quote