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
decision political politician
The most basic decision a modern politician must make is whether to be aggressive or conciliatory.
political president campaigns
The greater informational levels of the voters, their decreasing inhibitions in expressing disagreement, and their greater preference for Jeffersonian direct involvement, all make the need for a 'permanent campaign' to sell a president's policies all the more crucial.
winning support political
Today, a politician does not just need public support to win elections; he needs it to govern.
winning political election
Spin is overrated. It is strategy, not spin, that wins elections.
political television being-lied
The Darwinian adaptive trait of our time is the ability to figure out when we are being lied to on television.
party keys leader
The key to controlling your own political party, so that it does not eat you alive, is to realize that while Democratic and Republican leaders differ sharply, their voters do not.
leader political
It is from the center that leaders must lead.
political sides want
Take whatever position you want, but do take a position, because once you do, ample money awaits you on either side.
caring media average
Despite romantic fantasies about caring candidates who learn of America in donut shops, most politicians rely on media to teach them what concerns the average person.
political important negative
Every donation received is a potential negative ad. Vetting money is just as important as raising it.
heart mean doctors
How, voters will ask, can we cover 50 million new people without any new doctors or nurses? The answer is to ration health care, with the U.S. government deciding whom will get hip and knee replacements, heart bypass surgery and all manner of medical treatments. And what does rationing mean? It means that the elderly will be denied care, which they can now get whenever they want it.
strong war military
Fom the out set, the War on Terror was sharply different from other U.S. military actions in the strong support it received from American women. Normally, men back military action by 10 to 20 points more than women do. But, after 9/11, women felt more endangered by terror and backed action against the Taliban and Osama bin Laden as strongly as men did.
mother gray-matter league
My mother used to say: 'It's not enough to be Hungarian. You still need a little talent, too.' To paraphrase her, its not enough to be conservative, you still need to have the brainpower to be a Supreme Court justice. And, if Harriet Miers is confirmed, she likely won't be in the same league with her colleagues in terms of gray matter.
cutting government class
In the name of short-term stimulus, he [Obama] will give every American family (who makes less than $200,000) a welfare check of $1,000 euphemistically called a refundable tax credit. And he will so sharply cut taxes on the middle class and the poor that the number of Americans who pay no federal income tax will rise from the current one-third of all households to more than half. In the process, he will create a permanent electoral majority that does not pay taxes, but counts on ever-expanding welfare checks from the government.