Dick Morris
Dick Morris
Richard S. "Dick" Morrisis an American political author and commentator who previously worked as a pollster, political campaign consultant, and general political consultant...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth28 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
years president agendas
Presidents generally do what they are good at in their first four years, then spend their second term responding to the agendas imposed upon them by events.
running men years
The last man to try to run for president advocating a tax increase was Walter Mondale. He lost 49 states in 1984, and the "I'll raise your taxes" reputation haunted him all the way to Minnesota last year, where he lost his 50th state in the Senate election.
years people three
The cost of campaigning has skyrocketed in recent years because of the falloff in TV viewership. With only one-third as many people watching TV as did 20 years ago, politicians have responded by buying three times as many ads, driving the cost of campaigning to levels which only favored candidates can afford.
years numbers voting
The Hispanic population grew by 4.7 percent last year, while blacks expanded by 1.5 percent and whites by a paltry 0.3 percent. Hispanics cast 6 percent of the vote in 1990 and 12 percent in 2000. If their numbers expand at the current pace, they will be up to 18 percent in 2010 and 24 percent in 2020. With one-third of Hispanics voting Republican, they are the jump ball in American politics. As this vote goes, so goes the future.
defend floor foot iraq nailed
her right foot is nailed to the floor in having to defend the Iraq war.
fortunate guy president respond time
Man, is that guy fortunate! Fortunate to be able to be president at a time when he CAN respond without violating his principles.
appeared cast millions refuse run votes winning
The real question, ... is would she refuse to run if millions of Americans cast votes for her and she appeared to be on the way to winning the nomination?
methods
The old rules and the old methods of winning are gone.
enhancing iraq lives money people spending stop war
We need to stop spending money on death, the war in Iraq and on enhancing the lives of the people in our own country.
adopting agenda animate disarm far politics positions potent word
'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say.
areas far good interest lies national remote weariness
Idealism that makes no distinction between areas where our national interest lies and those from which it is remote does no good for America. The weariness of the post-Versailles, post-Korea, post-Vietnam eras is never far from the national mood.
less million moved ultimately
It started at about a million a week, ... and ultimately moved up to little less than two million a week.
necessary
It's Hillary's candidacy that makes Condi's necessary and, therefore, likely, ... Condi vs. Hillary.
entire husband leading throughout
Throughout Hillary's entire career, it's her husband leading the way, ... With Condi Rice, it's Condi leading the way.