David Brooks
David Brooks
Conservative political columnist for the New York Times. He also wrote for the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Times and provided political commentary for National Public Radio (NPR) and the PBS NewsHour.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth11 August 1961
CityToronto, Canada
CountryUnited States of America
David Brooks quotes about
clinton
Hillary Clinton is still - she's such a private person.
arrived direction half headed needed next performance second spark
It was kind of a spark, a spark that we needed at that point. He was so effective, we just said going into the next game, he's got to get the football. So that's kind of how we got headed in the direction that we've arrived at now was just that second half and his performance then.
political soldier world
If there is a series of attacks like that or, God forbid, if ISIS is really sending soldiers across Europe and maybe across the world for a barrage of these things, then the political climate is revolutionized here. And maybe the [Donald] Trump speech will look like a precursor to a climate that we're all about to walk into.
thinking anxiety economic
I do think economic and social anxiety is the number one issue. And I'm pretty confident Hillary Clinton will be really riding that train pretty hard.
people immigration different
When you talk about the problem of illegal immigration, people are angry and polarized. When you talk about the answers, the debate gets a little different.
thinking
I think Mitch Daniels, the former governor of Indiana was a case of that, who was an outstanding administrator.
thinking republican
I'm beginning to think [Ted] Cruz had a good convention, that if [Donald] Trump goes down, Cruz is pretty well positioned to be the Republican major figure in four, six or even within two years.
stupid confirmation embarrassing
If you go in a confirmation process, you're going to be asked about the embarrassing or stupid things you said. You should have a view.
people debate barack
Barack Obama won such a big electoral mandate because a lot of people thought he was - transcended partisan and ideological barriers and was going to put aside the old debates. So, he was able to get a lot of moderates and a lot of independents.
nice people nice-people
The three people who are most often talked about with Hillary Clinton, whether it's Tim Kaine or Vilsack or Cory Booker, they are three extremely nice people.
airplane angry bush days looking sitting three window
Sitting on the airplane and looking out the window was terrible, ... And three days of doing nothing, really, by Bush was terrible. Im angry at the guy.
thinking mind republican
Of those two [Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump], I do think that the - right now, at least in my mind, the Democratic theme is eclipsing the Republican one.
strong men compassion
If we're in some sort of Hobbesian state of nature, where you just want a strong man who has no compassion Donald Trump is going to do a little better. So, we will figure out what game we're playing.
adult bit couple great kick opportunity summer tough weeks
It's been a tough summer for the adult audience. They're champing at the bit to find something fresh. This was a great opportunity to kick off for a couple of weeks with no competition.