American George W. Bush's Senior Advisor and chief political strategist. b.1950 Popularity:
“[But Bush advisors insist the convention's overall feel will continue to be much less combative--and even much less partisan--than usual.] There will be contrasts, ... but it's going to be a different tone.”
“The GOP's progress during the last four decades is a stunning political achievement. But it is also a cautionary tale of what happens to a dominant party - in this case, the Democrat Party - when its thinking becomes ossified; when its energy begins to drain; when an entitlement mentality takes over; and when political power becomes an end in itself rather than a mean to achieve the common goal.”
“The GOP's progress during the last four decades is a stunning political achievement. But it is also a cautionary tale of what happens to a dominant party — in this case, the Democrat Party — when its thinking becomes ossified; when its energy begins to drain; when an entitlement mentality takes over; and when political power becomes an end in itself rather than a mean to achieve the common goal.”
“The GOP's progress during the last four decades is a stunning political achievement. But it is also a cautionary tale of what happens to a dominant party – in this case, the Democrat Party – when its thinking becomes ossified, when its energy begins to drain, when an entitlement mentality takes over and when political power becomes an end in itself rather than a means to achieve the common goal.”
“At the core, we are dealing with two parties that have fundamentally different views of the world and fundamentally different views on national security. Republicans have a post-9/11 view of the world, and Democrats have a pre-9/11 view of the world.”
“At the core, we are dealing with two parties that have fundamentally different views on national security. Republicans have a post-9 / 11 worldview, and many Democrats have a pre-9 / 11 worldview. That doesn't make them unpatriotic, not at all. But it does make them wrong. Deeply and profoundly and consistently wrong.”
“The purpose of the terrorist-surveillance program is to protect lives. The president's actions were legal and fully consistent with the 4th Amendment and the protection of our civil liberties under the constitution.”
