Jeff Greenfield Political Quotations

More things in politics happen by accident or exhaustion than happen by conspiracy.

In another life, before taking the veil of journalistic purity, I practiced the black arts of a political operative, including 'debate prep.

There is something discordant about a team of speechwriters and political operatives hammering away to create an image of the 'real, inner' candidate. And, to be blunt, there is no necessary connection between a moving life experience and the skills necessary for leadership.

There is no such thing as political science, but there are tenancies so strong that they might as well be called laws of nature.

Victory has 1,000 fathers; defeat has 1,000 kibitzers.