Political Promotion Quotes

Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close

I take the debate on the method of promoting democracy seriously.

Nobody has ever gotten a bigger push than Bill Clinton gave to Obama.

I had been in the administration long enough to know that Cabinet rank meant nothing.

We need people out talking about the President, explaining, agreeing with and praising his actions.

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.

The thing is that Chuck Schumer, for all his power and influence, is a pretty pathetic figure. You go around New York State, and people make jokes about him and talk about how he shows up at the New York State Fair and has a staffer carrying a big sign saying 'Come meet Chuck Schumer.'

I think people forget that to be on the A list you first had to go through the original graded Parliamentary Selection Board. I did that and then like everyone else had the further interviews to get onto the A list.