“Political journalists, socially inept or no, are not nerds. Most of th...” — Alex Pareene Quote

Political journalists, socially inept or no, are not nerds. Most of them can't do math, a fact that campaigns and politicians regularly exploit.

The State of the Union is less written than it is designed, structured and organized around applause prompts and camera cues.

Sen. Rand Paul is a Different Kind of Republican. He will drag the party, kicking and screaming, toward a new kind of conservatism that appeals more to today's youth, who embrace liberty and are skeptical of foreign intervention.

We're getting the sort of 'compromise' American politics specializes in: the one where things are intentionally made worse for most people in the hopes that if things are made bad enough, the other side will cave.

I do not believe wealthy candidates should spend vast resources in their own campaigns.

Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns.

I think when Fox News goes to the Megyn Kellys, the Bret Baiers, and people who don't have much experience who haven't covered campaigns, the result is sometimes you have these inane questions that come out and, frankly, waste everybody's time.

Ultimately, presidential campaigns are - or at least should be - about the candidates, not their spouses or surrogates.

I'm constantly told in the industry that I don't look like a woman, so therefore, I can't be put in editorials and campaigns because people wouldn't get it.