John Podhoretz Quotes
In the Democratic primary in 2008, the Obama team devised a strategy to use the caucuses and a complicated system of awarding delegates in the state primaries to sneak up on Hillary Clinton and establish a lead Obama never surrendered.
Podhoretz, John. New York Post, NYP Holdings, 2012.
Kristol’s reputation as a political pundit suffered as a result of this assertion. However, Kristol was a very astute observer of the political scene; it indicates how remote Obama’s chances were believed to be even in 2006. Kristol was not alone in his view, just more bold in asserting it.
Greeley was convinced that Lincoln could not win a second term against George McClellan and wanted to consider dumping Lincoln from the ticket and running someone else as the Republican nominee. Pundits have never been great predictors; Lincoln won.
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John Mordecai Podhoretz is an American writer. He is the editor of Commentary magazine, a columnist for the New York Post, the author of several books on politics, and a former speechwriter for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
