“The Democrats just don't have a foreign policy that they're willing to defend, that they're willing to use to take down the president's. We're dealing with the power of suggestion here.”
Chris Matthews“Each man had come to know the other's caricature as a lie.”
Chris Matthews, Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked“In politics, nothing good ever comes from the unexpected.”
Chris Matthews, Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked“The author attributes part of the Carter-Reagan divide to their respective attitudes toward the city from which they governed. Carter was deeply suspicious of its coziness. Reagan intended to enjoy his temporary home even while delivering it from its reigning ideology.”
Chris Matthews, Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked“He'd made a name for himself out there in the world beyond not just in spite of the distinctly unfashionable persona he presented, but, perhaps, BECAUSE of it.”
Chris Matthews, Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked“In politics there is a large difference between loosing and being defeated.”
Chris Matthews, Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked“The author deduces the best way James Baker serve Reagan as Chief of Staff was to continually remind him why he wanted to be president.”
Chris Matthews, Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked“Shared history was the coin of the realm.”
Chris Matthews, Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked“Anecdotes came with his DNA.”
Chris Matthews, Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked“The Russian people were just like us. They were victims of their own government. Ronald Reagan”
Chris Matthews, Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked