“So often on CNN, there's a world-class journalist interviewing campaig...” — Jon Lovett Quote

So often on CNN, there's a world-class journalist interviewing campaign rejects and ideologues and silly, craven people who do not care about informing people, that aren't there to help people understand what's going on in the news.

A boring speech can be just a boring speech. But a speech with a joke that falls flat is awful. I hate it. That's why I think it's easier to hate a comedy. If a drama doesn't land, it's boring; if a joke doesn't land - you hate that.

It's a reasonable thing to tell somebody, 'I've watched 70 hours of 'Game of Thrones.'' That's a totally normal, boring thing to say about yourself. But if you were like, 'I just spent 100 hours playing 'Skyrim,'' people think you're a weirdo.

'The West Wing' was an incredible, inspiring show - and one of the reasons I wanted to be a speechwriter.

Who do you think controls the Republican Party? Big money controls the Republican Party. This is where their campaign contributions come from.

Because of President Obama's failed record on nearly every issue from the economy to the deficit to Medicare, the Obama campaign has become increasingly dirty, despicable, and desperate.

Clinton's resilience became sort of the secret weapon of the campaign. He was never going to just give up and get out.

I worked in Maynard Jackson's first campaign, and I remember the excitement we felt when he won.

The underlying crime in Watergate was a clumsy, third-rate burglary in an election campaign that turned out to be a landslide.