John Podhoretz

John Podhoretz
John Mordecai Podhoretzis an American writer. He is the editor of Commentary magazine, columnist for the New York Post, the author of several books on politics, and a former presidential speechwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth18 April 1961
CountryUnited States of America
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Obama's coalition would have consigned him to the political margins as little as 12 years ago, but the nation's demographic changes are moving far more quickly than most Republicans anticipated.
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Obama's victory in November 2008 was a historic political accomplishment.
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Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes.
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Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.
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Unquestionably, American political rhetoric can be repugnant, and the Right can certainly be as guilty as the Left.
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You'd think experienced political professionals would know better than to place their trust in exit polls, notoriously inaccurate surveys that had John Kerry winning the 2004 election by five points when he actually lost by three.
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As the Republican nominee, it was Romney's job to find a way to speak to some of those groups of voters and offer practical solutions to their difficulties that both resonated with them and sounded plausible to them.
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Conservatives have long been suspicious that Romney isn't truly one of them. The release of his tax returns should settle the matter once and for all: He's not only to be accepted, but admired and emulated - and by liberals as well as conservatives.
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Vice presidents are at times tasked with issuing direct broadsides against enemies while the top guy stays above the fray. But never before has a vice president served as an attack dog against his own party's voters.
We must say something, even when we know nothing.
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Political folk talk a lot these days about 'messaging' - a neologism designed to describe the way in which parties and politicians consciously characterize their efforts. It is only intended to be positive - i.e., 'Our messaging is designed to show we care.'
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Newt Gingrich never received more than 100,000 votes in his life. He'll never be president.
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Newt Gingrich is a very intelligent man, if he says so himself.
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Movies and television shows based on comic books constitute the worst single genre in the history of filmed entertainment (with the exception of porn).