Mark Shields
Mark Shields
Mark Shieldsis an American political columnist and commentator...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth25 May 1937
CountryUnited States of America
issues abortion choices
You have to understand that Republicans are on lockstep on one issue. They will not raise taxes. Democrats are in lockstep on another issue, pro-choice in all cases on abortion.
smear-campaigns campaigns problem
The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work.
vietnam bills chance
As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve.
campaigns biographies john-kerry
John Kerry's biography was central to his campaign.
nice guy nice-guy
Donald Trump picked a remarkably nice guy in Mike Pence.
creative like-you intimate
The person you're choosing is going to be 90 feet down the hall for four years. That's a pretty intimate and close relationship, and it better be somebody you're comfortable with, you like, you trust, you look forward to seeing, not someone you're coming up with creative ideas on how to avoid.
party office republican
Now Republicans are a more interventionist party than they have been at any time since George W. Bush left office.
insiders
Politics, they all - talked to the insiders.
lonely skills office
The people who are rising, they're super ambitious. They have relationships with people above them. They have relationships, hierarchical, sort of people below them. A lot of people do not have relationships horizontally. And there's a lot of people who reach high political offices, but who are weirdly lonely, weirdly lacking in intimacy skills.
leader political democracy
There is nothing more basic to our democracy than the right to participate in electing our political leaders.
cities flood
Washington is a city of money. It's a flood of money.
feet speak stirrups
He who speaks the truth must keep one foot in the stirrup.
subsidies pay corporations
The corporations who invest in lobbyists, it pays in terms of tax loopholes, tax subsidies, all the rest. It pays. Clearly, the money has a big effect.
party thinking way
The way to solve all the money in politics is not to pretend we can get money out of politics. That will never happen. We have to channel it in ways where we can see it and hold it accountable. And I think the parties are the best vehicle for that.