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John Dickerson Quotes

American - Journalist | July 6, 1968 -

In the 2012 campaign, the president successfully transformed the most intense conservative positions into liabilities on immigration and the role of government.

Government Immigration Conservative

Mitt Romney won the GOP nomination on a platform of 'self-deportation' for illegal immigrants - and the Obama team never let Hispanics forget it. The Obama campaign also branded Republicans with Romney's ill-chosen words about 47 percent of Americans as the party of uncaring millionaires.

Words Team Immigrants Party Forget

My instincts for asking questions is to press but not to be a jerk about it.

Questions Asking Questions Asking

Mom would talk about Eric Sevareid and Murrow and Howard K. Smith the way other parents talk about sports figures.

Sports Parents Mom Way Talk Would

To be the windowpane - this is basically a bastardization of what Orwell said about good writing - so you can get the conversation going and frame it the right way and make sure people aren't lost. And then you let the candidates illuminate the issues themselves.

Good People Writing You Conversation

That's what politics is. It's the story of what's happening, what does it mean, what's the conclusion, who are the interesting characters?

Politics Story Interesting Mean Who

One of the roles of the press is to make sure that the president, in the voice of the people, is telling the truth.

Truth People Voice President Sure

Politicians have done some grim things in pursuit of the office. President Franklin Roosevelt was a philanderer; nevertheless, he pushed aides to use his opponent Wendell Wilkie's affairs to hurt him. He even tutored aides on how to spread rumors without getting caught.

Hurt Done President Rumors Office

Politics is not the nicest business, but there are still times when people do the right thing.

Business Politics Do The Right Thing

Would most politicians have gone to a meeting with someone advertised as being an agent of the Russian government?

Government Someone Meeting Gone Most

In 2008, Senator John McCain forbid his staff from using an ad that referred to his opponent Barack Obama's inflammatory former pastor Jeremiah Wright or from raising that issue in any other way. He believed it was a sneaky way to use Obama's race against him.

Way Race Opponent Him Against He

There is no human-resources training for how to respond when you work for an unpredictable president. It's perhaps fitting that when you visit the website of the White House Office of Administration it says, 'Check back soon for more information.'

Work Training You Information House

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