Chuck Todd
The more there is scandal and corruption in Washington, the better it is for McCain, so he`s at a high point right now.Collection: Scandal
Women are still chronically underrepresented in U.S. politics at both a local and national level... But there is one city where those three top jobs will be filled by women for the next year. And that city is Washington D.C.Collection: Jobs
As soon as a Democrat or a liberal organization opens their mouth and says "We want to see this," it's going to go over the heads. And same way on the abortion debate, if they want to make a change, it is not going to come from a Republican, it's going to have to come from a Democrat.Collection: Organization
If we have to have a real movement on this issue if you support gun control, it has to come from the Republican side.Collection: Real
Nobody likes to feel like they're on the losing side of anything.Collection: Likes
The question I have heard from some Democrats saying that "You know what? Push for gun control, but not now."Collection: Gun
Like the others though,[Donald] Trump thrives when he has a clear enemy.Collection: Enemy
The president-elect [Donald Trump] finds himself in an unfamiliar and, perhaps, uncomfortable position. The enemies he`s been fighting against are gone.Collection: Fighting
[Barack] Obama, he`ll be out of office soon and, frankly,[Donald] Trump relies on him .Collection: Office
[Donald] Trump continues to dismiss those concerns though, even as some Republicans, like Lindsay Graham, are making the case that Trump`s business ties deserve the scrutiny.Collection: Ties
[Donald] Trump`s pension for distractions is starting to frustrate members of his own party.Collection: Party
[Donald] Trump is most comfortable when he is hammering something.Collection: Trump
There isn`t but this is, in some ways, perhaps, a useful distraction from other things, giving [Donald Trump] more space to make his decisions as unusual the process is because he`s making them in public.Collection: Space
T.V. style pageant of people parading through Rudy Giuliani, now on the phone, if he doesn`t come in person today to get his two cents in.Collection: Phones
We`ve seen Senator Corker who had indicated to me,that he didn`t think he was still in the running but might now be a fallback position if this Mitt Romney versus Rudy Giuliani dispute is that serious.Collection: Running
You`ve got David Petraeus and whatever the pushback might be against [Donald Trump].Collection: Might
Despite the fact that David Petraeus is now very highly regarded in foreign policy circles because of his record in both Republican and Democratic circles. It`s all pretty extraordinary.Collection: Circles
The State Department has been your beat for so long. It has always smelled like Bob Corker was the in case of emergency, the easy guy.Collection: Long
Not only can [business conflicts] not be ignored, it needs to be dealt with really front and center before he can conduct [Donald's Trump] presidency.Collection: Needs
[Donald] Trump`s business conflicts are big enough and have come up throughout various aspects of this transition.Collection: Transition
[Hillary] Clinton, she conceded. [Donald Trump] beat her.Collection: Clinton
The establishment? Well, guess what? Donald Trump now is the establishment. His primary opponents, many of them are interviewing for White House gigs.Collection: White
[Donald] Trump appears to be searching for an enemy. Is it flag burners, recounts, the press, the popular vote? Trump has gone after them all at times, using wild experience theories even as president-elect to do it.Collection: Popular Vote
One could argue [Bob] Corker has been more supportive of [Donald] Trump`s foreign policy skepticism of the establishment than anybody else.Collection: Supportive
[Donald Trump] even quoted a tweet from a self-identified 16-year-old as a way to justify crazy unsupported claims about the popular vote.Collection: Crazy
[Donald] Trump seems to be begging for a fight or is it begging for a distraction?Collection: Fighting
[Donald] Trump`s hunt for a cheap enemy right now comes as journalists and members of Congress are looking at potentially serious conflicts of interest at Trump`s sprawling multinational business empire.Collection: Enemy
It`s hard to beat something with nothing. Republicans across the country are feeling the burn from an energized and angry segment of the electorate which is descending on GOP town halls and these folks want answers.Collection: Country
It couldn`t be clearer, any person who holds an office of trust is not allowed to accept favors or gifts from foreign governments.Collection: Government
With [Donald's] Trump holdings all over the world, it would be very difficult, if not impossible, for him to be able to conduct business without there being either favors given to his companies or the appearance of favors.Collection: Would Be
[Donald Trump] needs to take action today before he becomes president so he doesn`t violate the Constitution.Collection: President
Once Donald Trump takes the oath of office as president of the United States, the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution makes it clear that he cannot accept those favors.Collection: Oath Of Office
Therefore, the only way Donald Trump can protect himself is to set up a blind trust or to divest in these holdings. It`s the only way.Collection: Way
President-elect Donald Trump is not happy that he lost the popular vote. And this stat is probably not going to make him feel any better.Collection: Popular Vote
Hillary Clinton`s popular vote lead is now up to 2.3 million votes, but get this, [Donald] Trump`s percentage of the popular vote has now dropped to 46.4 percent.Collection: Popular Vote
Tim Ryan does not look like the 21st century democratic party. And should that matter?Collection: Party
Alternative facts are not facts. They're falsehoods.Collection: Alternatives
Essentially, how do you go after [Donald] Trump to have a real shot of taking back control of Congress in 2018? Democrats will need to energize not only their base, but also pick up actual swing voters who could be turned off from President Trump.Collection: Real
At the moment, the extremists have significant financial popular and theological backing in the Middle East. And that is an enduring phenomenon. And it's one that is going to require a long, ideological war to win.Collection: War
[Muhammad] Ali had [Jo] Frazier , that man had the joker, Coke had Pepsi and [Donald] Trump had [Barack] Obama, or 16 primary opponents or the entire political establishment.Collection: Men
I`m obsessed with how the press handles Donald Trump and how Trump handles the press.Collection: Obsessed
[Donald] Trump has many and one of the most obvious is right here in Washington.Collection: Trump
The rules have changed so dramatically.They are not the Jeb Bush rules of the 90s, they are the reality television rules of this decade and he was not suited for it.Collection: Reality
South Carolina put George H.W. Bush into the White House. But George W. Bush into the White House and sent Jeb Bush back to Miami.Collection: White
Hillary Clinton met with a lot of the mothers in Chicago, she has the endorsement of some of the moms. Bernie Sanders I think has one or two of the family members too. I'm a little uncomfortable with using the families of these dead children this way.Collection: Mom
You can't say Hillary Clinton is not evolving as a candidate. And boy is she trying very hard to move to where the Democratic base is.Collection: Moving
Democrats will say the money they give to Planned Parenthood does not go to abortions. That the money they give to Planned Parenthood only goes to other women's health issues, including mammograms and things like that.Collection: Issues
No Republican has ever won South Carolina and Iowa or New Hampshire, as Trump has, without going on to win the nomination.Collection: Winning
I'm wishing every Saturday had primaries, because welcome to an amazing Sunday, where everything seems a tad bit clearer this morning.Collection: Morning