Candy Crowley Quotes


Making history does not necessarily change history.


Context

She was arguing with David Gergen about the impact of the ‘first’ female, religious or ethnic candidate for a particular office as making history. Crowley maintains that usually nothing really fundamentally changes as a result of the ‘first’ history making event.


Citations

Candy Crowley, TV Journalist, CNN News, July 16, 2008

Sourced by: Eigen's Political and Historical Quotations

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Candy Crowley
Candy Crowley
  • Born: December 26, 1948
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Broadcast Journalist, Anchor

Candy Alt Crowley is an American news anchor who was employed as CNN's chief political correspondent, specializing in USA national and state elections. Her father is Christopher Crowley. She was based in CNN's Washington bureau and was the anchor of their Sunday morning talk show State of the Union. She has covered elections for over two decades.